The Country with No Artists Alana Goodman, Commentary How Byzantine Was the Byzantine Tax Code? Brian A. Palmer, Slate Benedict XVI, “One Man Idea Factory” Michael Cook, Mercator.net The Persecution of China’s Last American Bishop Jillian Melchior, The Daily Remaking the . . . . Continue Reading »
What happens when an ”animal ”rights/radical environmentalist learns the facts of . . . . Continue Reading »
Wow. Human studies—an essential part of bringing treatments to the clinic—show that ultra sound can successfully treat prostate cancer. From the Telegraph story:A new treatment for prostate cancer can rid the disease from nine in ten men without debilitating side effects, a study has . . . . Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno, editor of this very magazine, was interviewed by Glen Lewerenz of Relevant Radio on March 27, 2012. The discussion begins with Reno’s April “Public Square” piece, entitled “Relativism’s Moral Mission,” and branches out to related topics including . . . . Continue Reading »
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Robert Royal has an article up at Catholic Thing in which he explores our ineradicable longing for intimate, small-scale communities and the major obstacles a postindustrial, interconnected world throws up against a realization of those ideals. Linking this dilemma to a larger dichotomy between . . . . Continue Reading »
It never ceases to amaze me how people fail to connect dots. In recent weeks, we’ve seen a big push to legalize euthansia in Quebec. Yet, as a medical advisory counsel has recommended turning killing into a legal ”medical treatment,” the province is is short . . . . Continue Reading »
As Benedict XVI celebrates his seventh year in the Chair of St. Peter (and his 85th birthday) this week, Marco Tosatti at Vatican Insider offers some information you’re not likely to hear from most media outlets, detailing some of the quietly transformative work this pope has been . . . . Continue Reading »
R.R. Reno reminds us to keep our focus on things above : “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” So wrote St. Paul to the Colossians, reminding them that if they have been raised with Christ, then they should direct their minds and their lives toward . . . . Continue Reading »
The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage Meg Jay, New York Times Reclaiming the UN’s Universal Declaration Piero A. Tozzi, Turtle Bay and Beyond Flannery O’Connor’s Sacramental Feminism Barbara Wheeler, Dappled Things My Life as a Failed Country Gentleman P. J. O’Rourke, . . . . Continue Reading »
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