Last week, Amanda wrote about Elizabeth Marquardt’s fascinating studies on the inner lives of children of divorce. On Sunday, Marquardt had an equally fascinating essay in the Washington Post about the living—and dying—of the adults of divorce. Here’s a bit from the beginning: . . . . Continue Reading »
In the New York Times today, David Kuo and John J. DiIulio have an op/ed on faith-based initiatives: ” The Faith to Outlast Politics .” Kuo and DiIulio are the former deputy director and director (respectively) of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Jim . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony, the Office Linebacker is all fine and good—I don’t drink coffee anyway—but what this office really needs is the Evangelism Linebacker: “As a fish was created to swim in water, as a bird was created to fly, I was created to knock people out who don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
A junior fellow who shall remain nameless (Nathaniel Peters, graduate of Swarthmore College, photo and other identifying marks to follow) forwarded this YouTube video to me with extreme prejudice. I don’t get it . . . the gentleman in the red jersey obviously enjoys an intense work ethic and . . . . Continue Reading »
India is searching for a monster who convinced the destitute to sell their kidneys at bargain basement prices and sold them for a huge profit. But the real empowerers of this atrocity are the foreigners who wanted new kidneys and didn’t care who got hurt in the process. From the story: India . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written several posts about the need to develop uniform standards of declaring death by neurological criteria—popularly known as “brain death.” Now, there’s some more information out about that problem. From the story:Guidelines for determining brain death differ . . . . Continue Reading »
Regarding Ryan’s ruminations on S.M. Hutchens’ review of E.O. Wilson’s The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (warning: I’ve read neither the book nor the review, just Ryan’s post about them), I think Ryan has it right in concluding that in Wilson’s . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Catholic Church, today is the memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In the Office of Readings for the day, we find this passage by Thomas: The Cross exemplifies every virtue Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great need, and it can be considered in a twofold way: in the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Eve of St. Agnes—Green Bay, 2008 John Keats for Today’s Reader Saint Agnes Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was, The coach for all his sweaters was acold; The team limped weakly through the frozen grass, And bundled were the fans, a woolly fold. Numb were the passer’s fingers as . . . . Continue Reading »
Time to apply for the Junior Fellowship at First Things . As I wrote last year , here are Some of the Things You Might Do As a First Things Junior Fellow (Not All in One Week): Monday, 3 pm: First Things editorial meeting; 8 pm: $15 tickets for Wagner’s Die Walküre at the . . . . Continue Reading »
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