On the Square Today
by The EditorsRussell E. Saltzman on the high cost of weddings : The percentages, based only on this man’s intuition, are the proper numbers to use ascertaining what people spend on a wedding, the ninety-nine being relative to the one. Weddings for the ninety-nine percent, well, they are cheap. Inexpensive . . . . Continue Reading »
Ehrlich Still Hysterical After All These Years
by Wesley J. SmithPaul Ehrlich has been wrong about nearly everything, and yet, remains a prophetic voice for some. Tim Chivers takes him down a needed couple of notches in The Telegraph. From, “Paul Ehrlich Still Prophesying Doom, and Still Wrong:”So, let’s take a look at some of his . . . . Continue Reading »
Focus on Own Death For Right Living
by Wesley J. SmithWhen I was young, I was in a car with friends driving past a large Veteran’s cemetery, and noting all the tombstones, sparked gales of ridiculing laughter when I exclaimed, “Wow, there sure are a lot of dead people in the world!”Knowledge of our own death is . . . . Continue Reading »
Notre Dame Faculty Earn “F” in Rhetorical Criticism
by Matthew J. FranckThe South Bend Tribune reports that 131 faculty of the University of Notre Dame have signed a letter calling on Fr. John Jenkins, the president of the university, to “issue a statement” that will “definitively distance Notre Dame” from remarks made in a homily by Bishop . . . . Continue Reading »
First Links — 4.26.12
by Matthew CantirinoExhibit A for Explaining the LCWR Report Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine Marco Rubio: Neocon? James Kitfield, National Journal Prosperity Need Not Kill Religion Edward Hadas, Reuters Revitalizing Culture and Economy Mike Scaperlanda, Mirror of Justice What Makes a . . . . Continue Reading »
Support for Gay Marriage
by R. R. RenoThe Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has posted a slide-show presentation of changes in support for same-sex marriage. There’s no new news here. Rising support for same-sex marriage has been widely reported. Not surprisingly, secularists are most supportive, religious people less . . . . Continue Reading »
Canadian Doctors Fire Unvaccinated Children
by Wesley J. SmithI think this is a step too far. Canadian pediatricians are discharging patients whose parents refuse to permit inoculations. From the The Star story:Pediatricians in Canada are starting to discharge children whose parents refuse to have them vaccinated. More and more, doctors are taking a . . . . Continue Reading »
California To Allow Non Doctor Abortionists?
by Wesley J. SmithSurgical abortion is—surgery. But now, a bill has been introduced in the California Legislature to allow non doctors to perform this life-taking surgery. From the San Francisco Chronicle report:As states across the country are passing laws to restrict access to abortion, California . . . . Continue Reading »
Chuck Colson
by R. R. RenoFor a very nice remembrance of Chuck Colson, see Timothy George’s piece in the National Catholic Register . Fitting that our baptist friend would remember an evangelical founder of Evangelicals and Catholics Together in a Catholic journal. . . . . Continue Reading »
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