OK, Sally, so my wife and daughter are still out in South Dakota, staying till the end of the month, and I’m here alone in New York, with no one to act as an anchor, or a drag, or a reality check, and so I just bought for my office some new decorations—stained glass, as it happens: two . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama today claimed that since the Post Office hasn’t hurt Fed Ex and UPS, the public plan that would compete with private health insurance is nothing for the companies to fear. That analogy cuts against him both coming and going. Analysis over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
At the excellent Front Porch Republic blog Darryl Hart follows up on a discussion “that tried to discern the differences between folks that write over at First Things’ blogs and those who do so at FPR.” . . . [T]he thought dawned on me that one of the significant differences between . . . . Continue Reading »
Oops: President Obama stepped in a bucket at a town hall meeting today. When a questioner worried about the public option, that would compete—unfairly in my view—with private insurance, the president unwisely brought up the Post Office. From the story:Obama says the private . . . . Continue Reading »
From David French at NRO’s Phi Beta Cons : Today’s Inside Higher Ed details the rather disturbing story of an EEOC finding that Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college in North Carolina, engaged in “gender discrimination” when it refused — consistent with its . . . . Continue Reading »
John Schwenkler’s posting chapter-by-chapter commentary at Upturned Earth. . . . . Continue Reading »
This seems like a fitting followup to Chris’s post . From the pen of Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain: I don’t know exactly what about me threatens them so much, other than that people are listening to me. Malkin has the No. 1 book on The New York Times bestseller . . . . Continue Reading »
Not long ago, and I’m sure you remember it as if it were yesterday, I wrote about my search for the perfect prayer book. Help Help Help, &c. Well, God and reader Ed P. have heard my cry. Ed P. writes: . . . I commend to your consideration the “Monastic Diurnal” published by . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you spot the differences between these two news stories? Associated Press (Aug 6): “ Psychologists Reject Gay ‘Therapy’ ” The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through . . . . Continue Reading »
My essay on Heine and Dante (in fact, on idealized love for Beatrice vs Herodias) appears on the main First Things website this morning. Heinrich Heine remains my moral compass, not because he got everything right (he got many things hideously wrong until the very end of his life) but because he . . . . Continue Reading »
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