For readers of George Weigel’s “On The Square” column on the First Things homepage: While we will not feature one such column this week, we will run our next installment early in the new year. . . . . Continue Reading »
Talk about cynical marketing! Columbia University Press has put out a slender book that represents itself as authored by Richard Rorty. The title suggests a topic of importance— Ethics for Today: Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion . But when you open the book (hopefully . . . . Continue Reading »
Oregon may be about to pass a law that puts a patient’s end of life desires into a computer registry. From the story:Oregon is making it easier for the seriously ill to voluntarily make their wishes known about end-of-life care by creating an electronic database that first responders can . . . . Continue Reading »
“That’s not music, it’s just noise” is the easy argument to make against rap music. But this morning in our second On the Square essay , Christopher Walker examines the genre more closely and comes to the conclusion that while it may not be music it’s not just noise. . . . . Continue Reading »
Health and wellness are becoming the pretext for punishing the unpopular and discriminating against majority-disfavored personal activities. To Wit: A Massachusetts hospital is making job applicants take nicotine tests and refusing to hire if the victim applicant, shows signs of smoking the dreaded . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s why. I call this bullet-point summary to your attention today so that you’ll be able to dominate your friends and relatives in conversation on Christmas. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my attempt to mainstream Christmas for people more sophisticated than you or me. I know it’s too some extent of repackaging of my Christmas sermons of the past, but I’m still introducing myself over there. You can scroll down and see MAD MEN and some other stuff you already . . . . Continue Reading »
And now for some staff selections in a more secular vein: All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love I’ll be Home for Christmas - Frank Sinatra Who Took . . . . Continue Reading »
In the children’s book world—especially as books fight against toys, electronic or otherwise—the highest praise you can give a book is “Instant Classic.” The reviewer uses it with some sense of self-importance: “this is the Goodnight Moon of our time, and will be loved . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s His party, but you can come if you want to, even if, like a football poseur at a Super Bowl party, you forget the cause of the fun.Christmas is not for Christians, it is for the Lord Christ, and Jesus is merry. He loves all people, so if you are not a Christian: “Welcome to the . . . . Continue Reading »
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