Give It Up, Whatever It Is

Another Lent is at our throats. At least that’s the way it feels. William F. Buckley is said to have answered someone who asked if he liked writing, “I like having written,” and that is my feeling about Lent. I like having done it. I would commend to  you the old practice of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Benedictines Will Answer

Our friends at Catholic Exchange have announced a new daily feature, starting at 6 p.m. today:  a live session called “Ask a Monk” in which a Brother Sebastian (the collective name for a group of cloistered Benedictine monks who want to remain anonymous to follow their Rule’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Presidents and Their Talk

Today is President’s Day, and Joe Romm , a long-time climate-change awareness advocate, admittedly disappointed by what he hoped would be inspiring rhetoric from Obama on the subject, has written an interesting survey of the literary and rhetorical virtues of America’s present and past . . . . Continue Reading »

Where Are the Women?

A recent Congressional hearing on the contraception mandate (in which Bishop Lori told the well-publicized “Parable of the Kosher Deli”) prompted two Democratic congresswomen to walk-out “in protest” at the apparent gender imbalance of the testifying panel. “Where are the . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

William Doino Jr. on  Kevin Madigan’s offenses against history ; At the end of the Second World War, when the Nuremberg prosecutors were gathering evidence for the upcoming trials, one of the many people they turned to for assistance was Pope Pius XII. They were not disappointed. The Holy . . . . Continue Reading »

Home, Home In the Lab!

Scientists claim that the first hamburger made from stem cells may soon be available for consumption. From the Telegraph story:By generating strips of meat from stem cells researchers believe they can   create a product that is identical to a real burger. The process of culturing the . . . . Continue Reading »

Six Reasonable Responses

While the heated reaction against the HHS mandate is now nothing new, the responses from Catholics and their “reasonable friends” have not all been the same. Christopher Tollefsen at Public Discourse has helpfully outlined and explained each of what he opines are six different (though not . . . . Continue Reading »

First Amendment Objectors

Ellis West has published an op-ed for the Richmond Times-Dispatch arguing that “if the questions is whether the [contraception-coverage] regulation violates the religious freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment, the answer is clear. It does not.” Thomas Berg at Mirror of Justice thinks . . . . Continue Reading »