Readers of George Weigel’s The Pope, the Church, and the Condom , published in “On the Square” last Friday, will be interested to know that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a clarification of Benedict’s now infamous remark in L ight of the World . . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square essay today—and just in time for last minute Christmas shoppers—Christopher Benson offers his take on some of the most Notable Books of 2010 ’Tis the season when major transatlantic publications, such as the New York Times , Washington Post , Atlantic , . . . . Continue Reading »
In once heard Anne Lamott say that the day your first book is released is a real heartbreaker of an experience: your hair still won’t lie correctly, your skin hasn’t improved, and the world just seems to continue on as it always has. When you go to the store, no one stops you for . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been rereading Lionel Trilling lately. I’ve long been a fan of his unique ability to write a meandering essay that nonetheless feels as though it has a singular focus. In any event, a recent editorial by Matt Franck in the Washington Post made me think of Trilling. Franck surveys . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’ve revised my analysis of MAD MEN for the season. 2. So someone wrote me that SOCIALIST MONARCHIST is the same as RED TORY. And that puts the PORCHERS at the greatest possible distance from the LIBERTARIAN POPULIST members of the TEA PARTY. 3. But we have to add: The Tea Partiers are . . . . Continue Reading »
Nicholas Windsor’s Caesar’s Thumb from the December issue is now available online. Subtitled “Europeans should not forget their most pressing moral issue: abortion,” it begins with a survey of the moral and other accomplishments of Western civilization, but continues: Is it . . . . Continue Reading »
A very accurate weather prognosticator in the UK fears we may be on the verge of a mini ice age. Adding to his credibility in this matter are his accurate predictions of the arctic freezes that has crippled Europe for the last three years—a time when UK government . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in “On the Square,” Elizabeth Scalia defends Christmas and finds a way to make even shopping a way of expressing something of Christ. In The Christmas Light in the Shopping Madness , she writes Praying Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours each day is a productive way to remain . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview with Wired about his movie Inception, director Christopher Nolan is questioned about an ambiguous scene in the film:So, there’s no one right answer.Oh no, I’ve got an answer.You do?!Yeah. I’ve always believed that if you make a film with ambiguity, it needs to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Must everything outside the norm be considered an illness? Can’t people be iconoclastic or eccentric without being labeled sick? The latest newly discovered mental disease: Selective Eating Disorder. From the story:Everyone knows someone who refuses to eat certain foods, whether . . . . Continue Reading »
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