This is a remarkable story about a mother who struggles with her mentally ill teenager. She cannot find medical help for him. Her story resonates in these post-Newtown days. I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza’s mother. I am Dylan Klebold’s and Eric Harris’s mother. I am . . . . Continue Reading »
So for some reason my YouTube is not working. I wanted to watch Fr. James Schall’s final lecture, but my computer won’t read it. It has nothing to do with my usual tastes because I was able to see Jurgen Habermas on the idea of ritual at the Berkley Center, but I couldn’t see Fr. . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re like me and couldn’t make it to Father Schall’s last lecture, you can watch it here . . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s not that I’ve been ignoring the great posts by Pete and Ralph. I just haven’t had time to respond to them. But I have been emailing back and forth on them with various distinguished conservative experts. Of course I agree with Pete, and soon enough everyone else will too. . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday’s tragedy in Connecticut, like other similar tragedies before it, calls to mind a widespread and persistent tendency to assume that we can prevent every “avoidable” tragedy by passing yet another law. Sad to say, no law will effectively deter every possible crime in . . . . Continue Reading »
In a review of Christine Overall’s Why Have Children? , Amy L. Wax challenges feminists who simultaneously insist on the mother’s right to choose and the father’s duty to provide : [Overall] argues that the biological father should be charged with full . . . . Continue Reading »
A quick report for those interested. Our youngest really, really wanted to see The Hobbit , so we went last night on the spur on the moment when I went online and found, a little to my surprise, that tickets were still available for the mid-evening showing at the theatre nearest us. I am not . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a pretty terrific article by Matt Lewis about the struggles of people at the lower end of the income distribution and how bad decisions in one’s teens and twenties cause more long-term harm for those whose families have the least. Lewis says: This is a topic that deserves the . . . . Continue Reading »
This week a group of American Muslims has launched a campaign called “ My Jihad .” They are asking, “My Jihad Is . . . What’s Yours?” Their mission is “taking back Islam from Muslim and anti-Muslim extremists alike.” They are placing their ads on buses, starting . . . . Continue Reading »
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