I love Stanley Fish. He’s a circus clown who bounces around and distracts us from the changes between acts. His latest ” Opinionator ” column in the New York Times is a classic performance. Plagiarism is not big deal, he argues, because there is no such thing as originality. Every . . . . Continue Reading »
In Desecration in Scranton , The Anchoress reports on the theft of consecrated Hosts from a church there. This is done, as you will guess, only for very wicked reasons, which she goes on to describe. For a Catholic, this is as horrifying as having a loved one kidnapped by someone you know is going . . . . Continue Reading »
I warned that the Swiss plan to restrict suicide tourism might falter—even though suicide clinics like Dignitas have profoundly embarrassed the country. You see, once a society accepts killing as an acceptable answer to human suffering, the idea of placing meaningful limits on being made . . . . Continue Reading »
A Google search turns up 75,000 hits for the search term “Michelle Antoinette.” That’s sub-viral, but still noteworthy. At the Huffington Post, one pundit denounces New York Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman for a “hit piece on First Lady Michelle Obama,” referring to . . . . Continue Reading »
A grimly amusing story from the BBC explaining Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use . (I should credit my eldest son for sending me the link.) It begins: In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped . . . . Continue Reading »
Why do conservatives Christians spend so much time concerned about sexual politics? Whether fretting over same-sex marriage or teenage fornication, it seems—to our friends as well as detractors—that we are obsessed with policing eros . The common assumption is that our motives are similar . . . . Continue Reading »
“But, was it not precisely for such situations that marriage vows were designed?”, asks Elizabeth Scalia in Love, Limits, and Loss , today’s “On the Square” feature, commenting on CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen’s unusual marital arrangement. “For . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine, if you will, what it would be like if Christians were to hold competitions in chanting the Psalms similar to what we see below.If Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (1912-2000) is correct (which is disputed), it is possible that the entire Old Testament was once chanted. Listen to this NPR report . . . . Continue Reading »
Since U. S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned California’s 2008 constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, my ears are hearing the prophetic words of U. S. Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia’s dissenting opinion in Lawrence v. Texas (2003). Read my edited version carefully:Countless . . . . Continue Reading »
Ann had an interesting meme post which I noticed today, the “Ann Rice” meme. This meme asks us to: Name 3 things that really annoy you about church in general. Name 3 reasons why you stay.So, without further ado: here’s my list.Annoyances When Christians make references to . . . . Continue Reading »
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