C. S. Lewis fans will want to know about the New York C. S. Lewis Society . The group meets the second Friday of every month in the parish house of an Episcopal church on West 11th Street in Manhattan, and publish a bi-monthly bulletin , which usually features a substantial essay on Lewis. I went . . . . Continue Reading »
How can anyone deny human exceptionalism? A New York Times story reveals that scientists have found the remains of a “paint factory” in which exceptional humans in Africa used ocher for symbolic purposes 100,000 years ago. From the story:Of special importance to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Psychiatrists shouldn’t practice amateur psychology from a distance or use their perceived authority to make points driven by their politics. But that seems precisely what psychiatry professor Justin Frank has done twice now, once writing a book declaring W to have been . . . . Continue Reading »
By ME . This BIG THINK experiment produced some telling and even smart responses. . . . . Continue Reading »
Everyone told Obamacarians that their long term health care provision would not work. But it was put in as part of Obamacare advocates’ promise-the-sky approach to legislating. But now, reality has bitten, and Secretary Sebelius has admitted what was always known. It won’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this week the Israeli government agreed to release more than 1,000 Palestinians from prison—including hundreds serving life sentences for attacks on Israelis—in exchange for one young Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Rabbi Arik Ascherman explains the reasoning : “Judaism . . . . Continue Reading »
For those who may not get enough of me here (ha!), I was interviewed a bit ago on the radio, and it has been posted on You Tube. I embedded it for anyone interested. Carry . . . . Continue Reading »
I have already opened my big fat mouth about this a couple of times here, but I’m finding it hard to resist another attempt to make myself clear. For me, the political issue has nothing to do with whether Mormons are or are not Christians . The Presidency is not a religious office , though it . . . . Continue Reading »
Relations between the Obama administration and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops haven’t exactly been smooth, to say the least. For the past several years, beginning with the battle over the “Stupak amendment” and running through the ongoing dispute over the . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, Seth Chalmer warns about the dangers of looking for someone to blame for our current economic crisis : Yes, it is true: there are Jews Occupying Wall Street—not only in the banks, but at the barricades. The High Holidays brought hundreds of such Jews . . . . Continue Reading »
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