Joke of the day: What do Al Gore and Bin Laden have in common? Both want to bring “the wheels of the American economy” to a halt. From the story:Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and . . . . Continue Reading »
An American judge makes a laudable decision that should embarrass the Germans, and force them to reconsider their systemic persecution of homeschooling families: A Christian family from Germany have been granted political asylum in the US after facing the threat of prison for home schooling their . . . . Continue Reading »
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp , saying it violates postal regulations against honoring “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings.” The . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, suffice it to say, it’s been an exciting week or so for law nerds. Here is the latest round up of the best o’ the blawgosphere: The Citizens United case generated a slew of interesting, must-read commentary. Here’s a taste of it: Jan Crawford’s ” Supreme Court . . . . Continue Reading »
The discovery of fragments of the lost Codex Gregorianus, one of the oldest known law books, was announced this week : Part of an ancient Roman law code previously thought to have been lost forever has been discovered by researchers at UCL’s Department of History. Simon Corcoran and Benet . . . . Continue Reading »
Archbishop Raymond Burke, in a homily given in Phoenix, Arizona:In our culture, “the law more and more dares to force those with the sacred trust of caring for the health of their brothers and sisters to violate the most sacred tenets of their consciences, and to force individuals and . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps, as Joe Carter suggests , J.D. Salinger’s legacy is uncertain. I think better of him than others here seem to, but, regardless, man, could he write. Remember the end of Franny and Zooey ? “I remember about the fifth time I ever went on ‘Wise Child,’ Zooey tells Franny . . . . Continue Reading »
J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye , Franny and Zooey , and Nine Stories , is dead at the age of ninety-one . His son confirmed that he died of natural causes. As I wrote last June , since its publication in 1951, Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye has been the favored bildungsroman . . . . Continue Reading »
Disney ’s Three Little Pigs may appear to be a simple story. But as Ellen Handler Spitz notes, it’s a model of Aristotelian aesthetics : The earliest versions of the Three Pigs story are buried in time, although we do have nineteenth-century English renderings of it. I want, as a foil, . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, can I admit that I have an utter fascination with Christopher Hitchens? While I grieve for the state of his soul, I admire his intellect and his ability to cut to the heart of an issue. Perhaps it’s because he’s an intellectual ninja who is, unlike of most public . . . . Continue Reading »
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