If you come to Columbus, OH, in the near future, I would enjoy interviewing you. Perhaps coffee or tea @ the local Panera?There is something about blogging, something lacking. We’re out here, just writing, alone and with little reward. Many of us are neither reporters nor any . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross is back — as a blogger, that is, after a well-deserved six-month hiatus. Riffing off of Peter’s lament that “our political debates will become indistinguishable from our health care debates,” becoming “permanently intertwined, going on and on, forever and ever, . . . . Continue Reading »
A Palestrina mass was sung t St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome this evening, reflecting Pope Benedict XVI’s longstanding efforts to bring polyphony back into the liturgy, reports Sandro Magister in his authoritative chiesa.com website. Benedict has profound insights into sacred music and its . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t remember a more vivid case of tricky legislating than the attempt to shove Obamacare down the collective throat. And here’s the latest example. The Senate version of Obamacare is actually an unrelated House Bill that has already passed the Lower Chamber. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
I recommend heading straight for the poetry. Mary Ellen is certainly right to point out Dana Gioia’s “Majority” as one of the gems of this issue. I also enjoyed Tim Murphy’s bracing advice in ” Farm Boy, Call Kayla ” and Rhina P. Espaillat’s tribute to him . . . . Continue Reading »
The Senate version of Obamacare is actually an already-passed House Bill, HR 3590. Why a House Bill? By gutting the passed bill and substituting the Obamacare plan, it could avoid a conference committee. If the bill passed, it would go back to the House, and if it passed without . . . . Continue Reading »
Major changes in the new Senate Obamacare bill from its House counterpart, in the sections involving assisted suicide. (The bill is actually a gutted and already passed bill from the House—HR 3590—a trick that may be designed to get around the necessity of a conference . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a long piece out in this month’s First Things on the conscience clause issue. I believe that the Culture of Death brooks no dissent and we are witnessing the beginning of requirements for health care professionals to either participate in medical procedures that end human . . . . Continue Reading »
As someone who considers a well-chosen book the best of all possible gifts, my recommended first stop in the December issue must be the special Christmas for Readers section. Among the “ Thrillers and Throwbacks ,” Gyles Brandreth’s Oscar Wilde mystery looks especially promising, and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Senate version of Obamacare will tax elective cosmetic surgery. From the story:The bill levies a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery. The provision raises $5 billion and was needed to make the numbers work, according to a Democratic Senate aide. The Finance Committee considered the tax . . . . Continue Reading »
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