I’ve been doing some etymological research. Bishop , you might know, is a modernized version of the Old English bisceop , derived from the Latin episcopus , which comes from the Greek episkopos . And epi-skopos means “one who watches over.” Not surprisingly, this wasn’t a . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, Thomas Hibbs gave a praising review of Christopher Nolan’s latest achievement , The Dark Knight here on the First Things website: With the record-setting release of The Dark Knight , his sequel to Batman Begins , Christopher Nolan . . . stakes his claim to be our most inventive and . . . . Continue Reading »
Continuing in my role as RJN’s press secretary, readers might be interested in this write-up on the Anti-Catholicism panel. The New York Times “City Room” blog reports : Experts say that anti-Catholic sentiment — much of it originating in, or as a response to, immigrants in . . . . Continue Reading »
My “vegan is murder” piece stimulated a lot of interest. One correspondent alerted me to a controversy in Canandaigua, N.Y. Apparently, the Canandaigua Academy’s “chicken project” has, in the past, had a class of students each year raising chickens and then slaughtering . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Neuhaus has penned a reply to Doug Kmiec on Catholic political obligations and pro-choice candidates. It’s in the National Catholic Register , but only available to subscribers. The Pro Ecclesia blog has posted some excerpts: . . . The question is that of justice for unborn children. When . . . . Continue Reading »
Some twins have to flip a coin—who gets mom and who gets dad for the graduation ceremony. Laura and I were blessed. When we both graduated from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. last year, the whole family was together, sitting in front of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception . . . . Continue Reading »
Germany has taken the initiative to tackle the Iraqi refugee crisis. The German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble proposed to his EU colleagues a plan to accept more Iraqi refugees in Europe and to step up member states aid efforts for the region. So far, majority of all national . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientific American, an anything goes pro-cloning magazine, has two articles out dealing with the future of human cloning. The focus is on Ian Wilmut, who administered the team that cloned Dolly, who planned to pursue human SCNT cloning but then eschewed it in favor of iPSC research. The whole thing . . . . Continue Reading »
As promised a few weeks ago, I have expanded upon my original thoughts about the killing of field animals in plant agriculture and how that impacts the “meat is murder” meme pushed by animal rights activists. It is published in today’s NRO. I describe how field animals are killed . . . . Continue Reading »
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