R.R. Reno on income inequality : Sometimes the editors at the New York Times get it right, even when they’re wrong. In a May 26 editorial they opined that Democratic attacks on Mitt Romney’s career as head of Bain Capital are fair game: “Private equity, rarely by design, has created . . . . Continue Reading »
One of my guilty pleasures is The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom about a group of socially inept science geniuses. Having walked the halls of academe for over two decades, I can associate friends with the primary characters. One scene caught my eye recently, where a main character plays a . . . . Continue Reading »
A group of Southern Baptists has issued a statement pushing back against the prominent strain of Calvinism in the denomination: Every generation of Southern Baptists has the duty to articulate the truths of its faith with particular attention to the issues that are impacting contemporary mission . . . . Continue Reading »
The great embryonic stem cell debate has really faded, hasn’t it? I mean, when was the last time you heard the, “ESCs are the ONLY HOPE for CURES! CURES! CURES!” nonsense?I think there are several causes for the carnival folding up its tents and stealing out of town. Adult . . . . Continue Reading »
How the Drive-in Theater Helped Create the Megachurch Megan Garber, The Atlantic Eucharistic Congress Opens in Turbulent Ireland Patsy McGarry and Genevieve Carbery, Irish Times Political Withdrawal, Reconsidered Joseph Wood, The Catholic Thing Russia, Syria, and the Long Lens of . . . . Continue Reading »
Those who know more on Bradbury’s bio can fill us in on the question of his religion, but at the least, he was a writer making a sane and conservative use of our longingly imaginative leaps into the future. A stark contrast to the now-forlorn future-faith of folks like rock critic Simon . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a charming introduction to the film, emphasizing probably too much its Christian dimension. The (one emotionally and one completely) abandoned children carry civilization (literally and emotionally) with them in their escape to their own part of the island of New Penzane and remain . . . . Continue Reading »
John P’s review below is exceptionally fine. Peter O’Toole is, of course, one of our most subtly manly actors. MY FAVORITE YEAR, for example. Movies I’ve seen lately. MEN IN BLACK 3—no alien character development at all (the strength of the first one). BLUE LIKE . . . . Continue Reading »
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The European financial crisis has opened up a new black market opportunity—in human organs and body parts. From the New York Times story:With Europe roiled by financial upheaval, experts say that the black market for human organs — traditionally based in China, India, Brazil and the . . . . Continue Reading »
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