I suspect the Obama Administration will try and back off their anti Catholic “free birth control” rule because it is very bad politics. But first, they will try to spin it as not anti religion. They will pretend it isn’t narrowly drawn. And that’s just what . . . . Continue Reading »
A rather remarkable story posted at GetReligion over the weekend claims that Fidel Castro, a man who comes close to qualifying for the title of ‘eternal president’ of Cuba, will make a return to the Catholic Church during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island nation in March. The . . . . Continue Reading »
In a fascinating note regarding our political culture, Michael Medved observes in the Wall Street Journal that “For the seventh consecutive election, the next president will either be a privileged son or a man with no relationship with his biological father.” All of the current . . . . Continue Reading »
Adam DeVille, the editor of Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies , has a review of the First Things -produced film The Creed: Creeds, according to this mindset—the product of feverish readings of Foucault and Nietzsche—are little more than the products of a will-to-power in . . . . Continue Reading »
Is There a Jewish Concept of Beauty? David P. Goldman, Tablet Personally Opposed, but Sleeping with the Enemy Stephen J. Heaney, Public Discourse The Rise of Urban Homeschooling Linda Perlstein, Newsweek A Counselor’s Convictions on Trial Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times Army Silences . . . . Continue Reading »
This article from the U.N. press office certainly has a punchy lede: “Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world’s glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change.” . . . the United Nations said today, citing a case in Chile where police are . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are my BIG THOUGHTS on ANIMAL HOUSE and today’s moral sophistication. Gingrich’s whiny ranting last night ought to be the end of him. Meanwhile: The latest poll shows Santorum will a tiny lead in the MN caucus. Rumors have it that he’s even-money in the MO beauty contest. And . . . . Continue Reading »
In John Ellis’s twenty-three years as a hangman for the British government, he executed 203 people including the famous Dr. Crippen, the WWI traitor Roger Casement , the housewife Susan Newell (the last woman ever hanged in Scotland), and James Howarth Hargreaves, with whom Ellis “had . . . . Continue Reading »
As the Planned Parenthood/Komen debacle continues to unfold, I still believe that Planned Parenthood has been badly wounded going into the future. What metaphor should we use? The bloom is off the rose? No, PP is nothing like a flower. The wolf has thrown off the . . . . Continue Reading »
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