In a wonderful article that I wish I had read when my daughter was younger, Graham Scharf explains the importance of the vocation of parenting a young child : For the past four years, I have taken my now-seven-year-old daughter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a weekly class called Start with . . . . Continue Reading »
Lawsuit in N.C. seeks to undo abortion law requiring ultrasound Washington Times, Cheryl Wetzstein Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V. New York Times , Pam Belluck Bishops’ Group: Religious Freedom Under Siege Roll Call , Ambreen Ali Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister . . . . Continue Reading »
Seven Kosovars are being tried for the odious crime of organ trafficking. The allegations vividly depict how the destitute are exploited at all levels of this odious form of oppression. From the New York Times story:The suspects are accused of luring victims from Turkey and former . . . . Continue Reading »
In the new CBS poll, Cain has pulled even with Romney. Not only that, the same link will show you four different state polls (including Nebraska) that show Cain in the lead. In Georgia, it’s a landslide for Herman right now, who is hugely popular among all the South’s Republicans. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Gerson’s most recent column —”Who’s Afraid of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism”—is a must read. He takes as his point of departure some polling data that suggests a durable unwillingness to vote for a Mormon presidential candidate, a reluctance that has . . . . Continue Reading »
I saw this fine Israeli 2008 film last week. So far as I am aware, it is the first film by writer-director Omri Givon. At first the main theme seems to be terrorism. Galia was on a bus that was blown up. She was terribly burned and her lover, Oren, killed. Galia was actually clinically dead for . . . . Continue Reading »
There is no Mitch Daniels candidacy for reasons of family, and now there is no Chris Christie candidacy for reasons having to do with concerns for being governor of his state and not really wanting to run for president (at this time). So the two men who most impressed me are not running. Will talk . . . . Continue Reading »
In the summer of 1993 I was in the library of a Marine Corps base in Okinawa when I stumbled across a new journal of “religion and public life.” Although I didn’t know what I had been missing, I knew that this was exactly what I had been looking for. Since an officer had recently . . . . Continue Reading »
I could try to be big in the eyes of the world, what matters to me is what I could be to just one girl . . . Ah . . . the calming beauty of Pet Sounds , where to my ears, the undercurrent of melancholy is more than compensated for by the main pull of gentle encouragement, even if it does end on the . . . . Continue Reading »
By denying certiorari , the Supreme Court let stand a 9th Circuit ruling that affirmed World Vision’s right to fire employees who didn’t share the organization’s religious views. For my money, this is an important tea leaf to read before the Court takes up the Hosanna-Tabor . . . . Continue Reading »
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