President Bush did more to fight AIDS in Africa and the developing world than any other president in history, including the current occupant of the White House. And now, he is going to bring attention to the problem of cervical and breast cancer in the poorest places in the world. . . . . Continue Reading »
Memorializing September 11th Public Discourse , Wilfred M. McClay The Anti-Catholic’s Guide to Catholic Comboxes National Catholic Register , Matthew Archbold Church invites jobless to place resumes on altar CNN Belief Blog , Dan Gilgoff Benedict Among the Germans The American Spectator , . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, Jim, perhaps you’ve altered the sober substantive science of Professor Loopia, but surely if your table accurately represents his presentation, we must interrogate him about his unseemly use of the hegemonic preposition “from.” Take a portion of this email recently sent by a . . . . Continue Reading »
Why do we need authority? Because authority contributes irreplaceably to the larger task of cultural development, says David T. Koyzis in his review of Victor Lee Austin’s Up with Authority : Austin believes there is a paradoxical quality to any discussion of ecclesial authority, because the . . . . Continue Reading »
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is over and memories can be put away for at least one more year. Most are self-centered and 9/11 forced those of us old enough to pull out of our personal lives and recognize that some things are bigger than we are. Other people’s pains, other people’s . . . . Continue Reading »
While Carl was dipping into the subtleties of Bowie and Peter was off somewhere blogging, I was doing my duty as a citizen of the association, attending its meeting. And here is my comment, also found in this week’s Standard. While most Americans spend their Labor Day weekend savoring the . . . . Continue Reading »
On this tenth anniversary of 9/11 it is hard not to say anything, and Peter asked for reflections any of us may have had. So these are mine. After 9/11 events accelerated to such an extent that they became hard to speak of, but I will try to give a properly solemn reminiscence. The horrific events . . . . Continue Reading »
So, about two weeks ago, I came across an article in The Lancet that advocated an international campaign to fight obesity (Changing the Future of Obesity: Science, Policy and Action, August 2011). Since I believe that promoting “wellness” will become a pretext for big government exerting . . . . Continue Reading »
On Graceful WritingRachel Toor has a fine essay at The Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Problem Is: You Write Too Well” (full text for subscribers only), which outlines a complaint that is heard with amazing frequency: your writing is too easy to read. As Toor . . . . Continue Reading »
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