Secondhand Smokette and I are winging our way today to the Sunshine State for a several day visit to her parents. (So glad they don’t live in Chicago!) That will slow things down a bit here at SHS. I will not be posting as actively, although I will opine when I can. And more particularly, . . . . Continue Reading »
My pal Joseph Bottum has a disturbing piece in the Weekly Standard about the abortion abattoir in PA that I also discussed here at SHS. I don’t want to revisit the details of that carnage, but want us to focus instead on the lower standards of regulation and/or professionalism required . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell Moore considers why nondenominational churches are the fastest growing in the country : Are we witnessing the death of America’s Christian denominations? Studies conducted by secular and Christian organizations indicate that we are. Fewer and fewer American Christians, especially . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, the Obama administration just can’t get their fill of healthcare controversy : The Obama administration is examining whether the new health care law can be used to require insurance plans to offer contraceptives and other family planning services to women free of charge. Such a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve heard that the Super Bowl is this weekend and I’ve heard that an estimated 150 million will tune in to watch it. As Geoffrey Vaughan points out On the Square today, that makes the Super Bowl, “more so than the commemorations of the victims of the shootings in Tucson, let . . . . Continue Reading »
Erick Erickson is calling on Congress to investigate the CDC’s refusal to release it’s annual report on abortion statistics : RedState has uncovered evidence - confirmed by the CDC’s own press office - that the Obama administration is deliberately playing “hide the ball” . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember those bad old days when we were told embryonic stem cell research offered the “only hope?” Check this National Geographic video out! Healing within days with the patient’s own stem cells.Never underestimate the ingenuity and creativity of . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things invites you to attend a reading and book signing by R.R. Reno, who will read from his from his latest collection of essays: Fighting the Noonday Devil Date and Time: Thursday February 10th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Location: First Things Editorial Offices 35 East 21st Street, Sixth Floor . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in our second On the Square essay , Deirdre Lawler gives a review of the Washington Stage Guild’s production of Magic by G.K. Chesterton. After reading Lawler’s review it’s easy to see why Ingmar Bergman counted Magic among his favorites and Alfred Hitchcock hoped to adapt . . . . Continue Reading »
This Washington Post article suggests that there might be a division between fiscal and social conservatives in Iowa and elsewhere. (It’s February 3rd, 2011; do you know where your next President is?) Considering coinages like “Teavangelical,” not to mention the . . . . Continue Reading »
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