A Memorial Mass to honor the second anniversary of the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the Church of Our Saviour (38th Street and Park Avenue). It will begin at 12:15 p.m. The celebrant and homilist will be Father George . . . . Continue Reading »
Another day, another NHS disaster looms. This time, it is in maternity care. From the story:Maternity services are close to breaking point and care for mothers is worsening, the UK’s leading midwife warns in a dramatic plea over the declining state of childbirth on the NHS. Labour . . . . Continue Reading »
An SHSer sends along this article in the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin by the head of the school’s Stem Cell Advisory Board, William Sahlman, who is also a big time professor at the the Harvard Business School. He is reacting to a federal court’s ruling that President . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the position of fascinating posts on the Porcher page. The whole Christian/Biblical/monotheistic tradition has, until quite recently, been against cremation. I don’t think the “progressive” argument for its efficiency in disposing of a dead body is anything but . . . . Continue Reading »
As I write this, it is 2011 already in some parts of the world. To me, it feels like it should still be 1984. Be that as it may, Peggy Noonan wrote a splendid column about New Year’s and the song Auld Lang Syne. From “Days of Auld Lang What?”“Auld Lang . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Days of Auld Lang What? You know exactly when you’ll hear it, and you probably won’t hear it again for a year. The big clock will hit 11:59:50, the countdown will begin—10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4—and the sounds will rise: the party horns, fireworks and shouts of “Happy New . . . . Continue Reading »
The West is having an identity crisis. We are supposed to be societies based on principles, particularly, “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, in “On the Square,” we have two topical articles. In the first David Hart offers his thoughts on New Year’s Eve, which are somewhat different from R. R. Reno’s, which he wrote about in his column yesterday. “Now that I have a family of my own, we do observe the . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t often agree with Susan Jacoby, but I come pretty close to agreeing with this column , where she argues that we shouldn’t ask public schools to redress the lack of religious knowledge documented in this survey . My first thought as I was reading her piece was “of course, . . . . Continue Reading »
My initial attempt to mainstream some of our disputes over the Founders, the Progressives and all that is found here . . . . . Continue Reading »
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