Yesterday I argued for a hefty Bible at the lectern . Weighty truths, its seems to me, are fittingly stored in weighty tomes. That doesn’t mean that I’m opposed to pocket Bibles or bible verses that you can call up on your cell phone—or for that matter to any form of scripture. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is something wrong with this picture. A full one in four of American kids takes meds. From the story:These days, the medicine cabinet is truly a family affair. More than a quarter of U.S. kids and teens are taking a medication on a chronic basis, according to Medco Health Solutions . . . . Continue Reading »
“We have allowed silence to become a gift forgotten, one we only consent to unwrap when all of our alternative bows and strings have been unraveled, and our diversions have been utterly played out,” writes Elizabeth Scalia in today’s “On the Square” column, For 2011: . . . . Continue Reading »
An intriguing—and potentially significant— archaeological discovery in Israel : Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. A Tel Aviv University team . . . . Continue Reading »
Photo: ©Paul M.R. Maeyaert. The Ghent Altarpiece, or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb , by Jan van Eyck is considered the first great painting of the Renaissance—and apparently the most coveted : It’s the size of a barn door, weighs more than an elephant, and is one of the most famous . . . . Continue Reading »
I know the Chronicles of Narnia are not straightforward allegory, but I also know that the stone table of Aslan is the cross of Christ (depending on what the meaning of “is” is). And without any cramming or reductionism, astute readers can follow the imagination of C.S. Lewis as it maps . . . . Continue Reading »
ROFTER Yair Rosenberg sends the following: Google Books has a new feature which allows one to graph the occurrence of particular words or phrases and track how frequently they appear in a given literary corpus over the last century. Using this tool, I have managed to encapsulate our . . . . Continue Reading »
As promised, I checked into the testimony given in Scotland that claimed C & C created Oregon’s annual statistics. The state has responded and denied it is true. From the e-mail I received:The Act requires the Oregon Department of Human Services (currently named the Oregon Health . . . . Continue Reading »
The bureaucracy promulgated a rule paying doctors for end of life counseling. The original Obamacare legislation had provisions in this regard, which were taken out in order to pass the final bill. I was going to comment on it here at SHS, but The Corner asked my views, so I did it . . . . Continue Reading »
Reproduction, we are now told, is a fundamental right. That sounds good. We don’t want government preventing people from having children.But under this theory, the right to reproduce has become more than just the right to have children. Women who don’t want their babies can . . . . Continue Reading »
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