A very disturbing article in New York Magazine by Michael Wolff. It tells the difficult story of his mother’s dementia, a course of physical and mental decline about which I am very familiar as my uncle died from the complications of that Alzheimer’s disease. But Wolff . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE! I found the 40-year-old virgin impossible to believe, because he wasn’t obviously repulsive and had the burning desire to be devirginized. But the virginal and beautiful Olympic track star at 29 has a great story to tell about taking herself seriously in a world where everything is . . . . Continue Reading »
Unveiling a new work on the Second Vatican Council in Rome , Cardinal Walter Brandmuller, the retired president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, announced that Vatican II’s decrees on non-Christian religions (Nostra Aetate) and Religious Freedom (Dignitatas Humanae) . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman remembers Fr. Richard John Neuhaus : There’s little doubt in my mind that compared to all the people he knew and befriended in life, I was a bit player. Yet he treated me and my children generously. I made sure they met him. I managed to haul five of my seven to New York to . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s something different: a job posting for a “quirky and funny” guy with “an interest in death and rituals” that was sent to the American Anthropological Association: I am a casting director with a Major Cable Network dedicated to Nature, Science and Exploration; we . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK’s rationing board, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) wants doctors to use more pain control. From the BBC story:NICE wants doctors in England and Wales to make more use of morphine and other strong opioids - the only adequate pain relief source for many patients. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Let me begin by expressing my admiration for all the fine recent posts. They all deserve a much wider audience. One way to get that, Kate remind us, is to click the facebook like when you read a post. That even goes for the author of the post. Carl’s musical knowledge would charm just about . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s Left of the Left? James Cronin, The Montreal Review Sharia Can Support Democracy Mahmood Delkhasteh and Hassan Rezaei, Christian Science Monitor Zeal: The Fourth Lively Virtue Anthony Esolen, Crisis Death Throes of the Blue Model Church Donald Sensing, Sense of . . . . Continue Reading »
Do you like “Do You Like Worms?” ? Let’s try an experiment: I’d like readers who have not really heard the Beach Boys’ SMiLE , their ambitious 60s album only recently “released” in a Brian Wilson-approved form, to listen to two of the most popular songs from it, . . . . Continue Reading »
This letter appeared in the winter issue of American Speech in 1948, when Paul Fussell was 24 years old and a master’s student at Harvard. . . . . Continue Reading »
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