In today’s second On the Square column, George Weigel praises the Catholic renaissance at Texas A&M University : Where can you find a Catholic chaplaincy at an institution of higher learning that’s looking to expand its church to seat 1,400, because the current 850 just isn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Do Catholic judges have specific moral and legal obligations because they are Catholic? Frank-Paul Sampino argues they do not : In light of the 2004 debate over whether pro-abortion politicians could receive Holy Communion, and whether ordinary Catholics could vote for such politicians in good . . . . Continue Reading »
Hamlet was sane when he stabbed Polonius according to a court in California . Justice Anthony M. Kennedy presided. While the court was unable to reach a unanimous decision, ten out twelve jurors “believed Hamlet to be sane, thus able to be held criminally culpable.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you know that Ireland is not a part of the United Kingdom? It isn’t. Well, Northern Ireland is but Ireland is not—though both are part of the British Isles.* Oh, you didn’t know there were two Irelands? Then you need to watch this entertaining video which explains all that and . . . . Continue Reading »
I was speaking with a colleague today. She was speaking of what is required in the definition of genius these days. She told me that in contemporary psychology the term genius is not used. Genius assumes too much fate, and fate is not a scientific term. Apparently, genius is now called gifted. When . . . . Continue Reading »
“The behavior of our employee, as portrayed on the video, if accurate, violates PPCNJ policies, as well as our core values of protecting the welfare of minors and complying with the law, and appropriate action is being taken,” Phyllis Kinsler, CEO of Planned Parenthood of . . . . Continue Reading »
Responding, I assume, to Don’t Forget Stalin , our friend Dimitri Cavalli sent the link to a newspaper article from 1953 giving Bishop Fulton Sheen’s modernization, read on his television show, of the funeral scene from Julius Caesar — modernized to refer to Stalin . . . . . Continue Reading »
I was asked by a commenter to reflect on the following story and opine as to whether it would be a proper conscience clause refusal. I do so here, taking the facts stated in the story at face value—and without judging the Idaho law in question with which I am not familiar. Nor am I . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Secondhand Smoke , I take some time to summarize and analyze yesterday’s big ruling in Florida voiding Obamacare as unconstitutional. But I think something more needs to be written here, as well as at SHS. The Administration is apparently stating that since Judge Vinson did not . . . . Continue Reading »
The 78-page ruling in Florida by Judge Roger Vinson in a constitutional challenge brought by half the states against Obamacare is a deeply reasoned decision that is, I think, not only right on the law, but alongside the earlier Virginia decision declaring the ACA’s unconstitutionality, creates . . . . Continue Reading »
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