Good news, everybody: The recession ended over a year ago! (Now get back to work, you unemployed slackers.) The Great Recession ended in June 2009, according to the body charged with dating when economic downturns begin and end. [ . . . ] The National Bureau of Economic Research, an independent . . . . Continue Reading »
Evelyn Birge Vitz and Paul C. Vitz write on Women, Abortion, and the Brain , examining the traumatized response of even some pro-choice who’ve had abortions. “For many women, their abortion turns out to have been a nightmare from which they cannot wake up.” Also from Public . . . . Continue Reading »
If I could read Hebrew, I’d be considering a career change : A Forward survey of the way churches and synagogues raise and spend funds found this pattern across the country: Rabbis are generally paid far more than their non-Jewish counterparts, for reasons having to do with congregation size . . . . Continue Reading »
A new national survey Pew Research Center finds that Americans say faith drives their stances on social and political issues— but only sometimes : Despite the fact that many religious leaders have been outspoken advocates for immigration reform, just 7% of adults who take a position on . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat writes in the New York Times : On Saturday, Benedict addressed Britain’s politicians in the very hall where Sir Thomas More, the great Catholic martyr, was condemned to death for opposing the reformation of Henry VIII. It was an extraordinary moment, and a reminder of the . . . . Continue Reading »
I saw the pope in Fatima this past spring. I wound up with a decent spot for Mass there, and couldn’t help but watch the Holy Father’s face throughout the Mass and subsequent adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The man was being renewed there. He was taking energy from the crowd and the . . . . Continue Reading »
Tip-o-the-hat to Salem, Oregon’s resident conservative, Mr. Bill Parsons, for alerting me to Dr. Angelo M. Codevilla’s essay, America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution : http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Pearce offers a 101 appreciation oped today in the Miami Herald . Pearce also did an excellent job this weekend as a papal color commentator on EWTN. . . . . Continue Reading »
Leonie Caldecott is a Catholic writer living with her family in Oxford. She and her husband run the Centre for Faith and Culture and work with Thomas More College New Hampshire on a journal of faith and culture, Second Spring , as well as a regular summer school. They are also the U.K. editors of . . . . Continue Reading »
No papal anything is complete without reading John Allen. As the chattering class that cares complains about Benedict XVI making Newman in his own image, for some kind of political win, Allen points out that Benedict is no newcomer to Newman: Ratzinger is no Johnny-come-lately to his fondness for . . . . Continue Reading »
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