Kevin Staley-Joyce sent me the link to this chart describing the process of writing. It is generally accurate for journalistic writing when the material should give you the angle and the outline, but too optimistic if applied to other types of writing when you have to say something insightful and . . . . Continue Reading »
Why do people keep saying that assisted suicide is about terminal illness when nothing else can be done to alleviate suffering, when that premise is patently untrue? Latest example: A UK woman went to Switzerland for assisted suicide to ensure she did not experience the decline associated with old . . . . Continue Reading »
Romneycare—the moniker for the MA universal coverage law, named after former Governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney—is a mini Obamacare. Indeed, the president’s political handlers have said that the inspiration for the national law was the one . . . . Continue Reading »
I have recently posted my freshly composed versification of the ancient Greek hymn, the Phos Hilaron (??? ??????), which is the most ancient Christian hymn outside the Bible itself, dating back at least to the 3rd century AD, if not earlier. It is an evening hymn most appropriately sung at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week a controversial book of theology was condemned by well-established critics who cautioned the public that the book did not present Christian doctrine in an accurate, biblical, or traditional way. As news of the book’s official condemnation spread, book sales spiked.This has nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
Last night Secondhand Smokette called for me to come into the den to look at CNN’s Piers Morgan grilling Bob Parsons, the CEO of something called Go Daddy—which is apparently a Web company of some sort, I’m too into my fogeyhood to know. Morgan was clearly upset that Parsons . . . . Continue Reading »
I was in one of those whimsical moods today, so I made a movie. Most of Marsha’s ideological assertions come right out of the animal rights movement, including Richard Ryder, Gary Francione, and PETA. Enjoy. . . . . Continue Reading »
Natural Family Planning Outreach has announced its National Summer Institute to be held July 11-15 at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. The topic for this years conference is “Catholic Healthcare Identity: Medical and Pastoral Strategies.” NFP Outreach has marshaled an . . . . Continue Reading »
1. What Exactly Made the King James Bible So Good? In both [William Tyndale] time and theirs this was a modern translation, the living language of streets, docks, workshops, fields. Ancient Israel and Jacobean England went easily together. The original writers of the books of the Old Testament knew . . . . Continue Reading »
Today marks the beginning of R.R. Reno’s editorship of First Things . Formerly a senior editor of this magazine, Reno is most recently the author of Fighting the Noonday Devil . David Mills—-once the editor of Touchstone and previously this . . . . Continue Reading »
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