I don’t get the NYT editorial page. On one hand, it notes that a new study indicates that CT scans can save lives of heavy, or formerly heavy smokers. From the editorial:A government-sponsored study has found that annual CT scans could reduce the mortality rate from lung cancer in very heavy . . . . Continue Reading »
The voters in four states have now had a chance to weigh in on Obamacare’s individual insurance purchase mandate. MO was first, and voted to outlaw the mandate in the Show Me State. Now, AZ and OK have overwhelmingly joined Big MO. From the story:Voters in Oklahoma and Arizona . . . . Continue Reading »
In Lessons From the Post-Vietnam Military , today’s second “On the Square” article, George Weigel argues that “authentic Catholic reformers have a lot to learn from the men who [in the decades after the end of the Vietnam war] turned a crumbling Army—riven by racial . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Raymond De Souza published a short piece today on the recent “orgy of violence in Iraq” , in which sixty Catholics and their priests were killed while attending Mass at Baghdad’s cathedral, Our Lady of Salvation. A more anti-Christian attack could hardly have been . . . . Continue Reading »
Arianna Huffington is a fount of bad ideas, so it’s not really surprising that she’s recently added to the Huffington Post an entire section dedicated to divorce. Heading up the project is thrice married film director Nora Ephron who says her theory is that “marriages come and go, . . . . Continue Reading »
The German word Schrott means “junk;” the serendipitously-named Fr. Raymond A. Schroth S.J., offers junk arguments for the dissolution of the State of Israel. Writing Nov. 15 on the website of America magazine, he proposes the dissolution of the Jewish State in favor of a single . . . . Continue Reading »
Makoto Fujimura, a committed Christian and world-class painter, offers an open letter to young artists : Strict moralism has never produced great art. Like Mary’s expensive oil, our expression flows out as a response to grace in our lives. Even if you are not cognizant of a grace reality, you . . . . Continue Reading »
I will keep saying it: The proper way—and a principled way—to allow marijuana to be used as medicine without the chaos unleashed by state MM legalization—is to amend the Controlled Substances Act so it can be properly controlled and prescribed, but not sold on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Good for Governor Christie . He deserves praise for the veto, even if his staff is unwilling to defend it on its pro-life merits: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of a bill that included funding for Planned Parenthood has withstood a challenge from Democrats in the state senate. The veto . . . . Continue Reading »
In his Happy Birthday, Marines below, Joe Carter humbly neglects to mention the “On the Square” article he wrote for today on a related subject, The True Liberty to Forget . He begins with a story of his days as a Marine recruiter and the surprising ignorance of a young woman he meets . . . . Continue Reading »
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