The head of Barilla pasta says he won’t run advertisements featuring gay couples, citing his belief that children deserve a mother and father : Guido Barilla, whose firm has almost half the Italian pasta market and a quarter of that in the US, told Italy’s La Zanzara radio show last . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at her always-stimulating blog today, LaVonne Neff writes about some of the ironies of her mother’s practice of hospitality in the late 1950s : Something you should know about tall women who seem reserved and even distant—they may just be shy or socially awkward, and they may really . . . . Continue Reading »
As readers of this site know, the situation for Copts and other Christians in Egypt is truly dire . On October 1, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a hearing on the situation. Speakers include . . . . Continue Reading »
Another voice has joined the fray in the aftermath of the Pope’s much-discussed interview. Pope Francis “is not a radical. He is something more interesting and unexpected both inside the church and out: a radical traditionalist,” claims Mary Eberstadt in Time . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Church of Our Saviour has stopped offering the Tridentine Mass. Nicholas Frankovich comments on its passing in today’s On the Square : Mass according to the 1962 missal demands a knowledge of the Latin texts and of some fairly intricate rubrics. It requires training that most priests now . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman dreams of Nixon (with the light brown hair), in today’s On the Square . They attended the Erasmus lecture together: The dinner matched the luncheon sandwich buffet served to the Erasmus symposium group the next day, including that marvelous squash soup. I had two bowls of . . . . Continue Reading »
From Town & Village , a neighborhood newspaper here, in a story about the New York Theatre Ballet: The company, which has reparatory seasons and revivals of long-lost chamber masterpieces, is also well known for its hour-long adaptations for children. Through both the training at the . . . . Continue Reading »
So in response to the query of exactly one reader, here is a somewhat expanded account of part of the rest of my comments at the APSA on Kojeve and Strauss. Most of the changes are directed toward explaining and partly vindicating Darwinian Larry. They are too complicated, though, to do anything . . . . Continue Reading »
The Universality of the University Jean-Luc Marion, Communio Epistolary Cather William H. Pritchard, Hudson Review Why It Matters That Jews Are Standing on the Temple Mount Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor A Q&A with Brave Genius Author Sean B. Carroll Matt Staggs, Biographile The . . . . Continue Reading »
Tucked tightly in place in the back of the book, Adorned with loopy signatures, some familiar, some mysterious, The history of a volume, a confession, or perhaps a pretension, You were the dance cards in the great cotillion of the mind. Photo by Chris Blakeley via Flickr . . . . Continue Reading »
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