If it’s true that history’s second appearance is as a farce, then the public uproar (or total lack thereof) surrounding the David Wojnarowicz exhibition“Hide/Seek”, known mostly for featuring an 11-second-long video of a crucifix with ants crawling over it, is one boring comedy. . . . . Continue Reading »
Beet risotto is a cultural incongruity. They don’t grow a lot of arborio rice in the borschtophagous regions of Eastern Europe, and if you look up “beets” in the encyclopedia of Italian cuisine, the first thing it will tell you is that they are used “in dishes like insalata . . . . Continue Reading »
There is de facto multiculturalism and there is ideological multiculturalism. Ideological multiculturalism is not okay by me. This is the kind of multiculturalism where it says, “you can’t say” whatever is to be said regarding cultural differences, and that if one already know where . . . . Continue Reading »
I once called euthanasia, “heroin.” My point was—and is—that once a culture starts mainlining mercy killing, it will always wants more. And now a Dutch euthanasia advocacy groups wants to create mobile euthanasia clinics. From the CBS story:The main . . . . Continue Reading »
So when, at the last debate, Gingrich was asked why he got paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac, he said he offered them “advice as a historian.” I’m guessing that the most innocent plausible scenario is that the advice went "something like this" Today it turns out that . . . . Continue Reading »
There is something about this late afternoon that made me think, “This is a good time for some Billy Collins action poetry.” So here is some Billy Collins action poetry: Forgetfulness The Country Walking Across the Atlantic You can find eight other videos here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, that didn’t take long. The Olympian has editorialized in favor of the assisted suicide law to allow “euthanasia” beyond assisted suicide for the terminally ill. From a column by a member of the Olympian Board of Contributors:To improve the chances of passage, the . . . . Continue Reading »
In her recent cover story for the The Atlantic , All the Single Ladies , Kate Bolick argues that since traditional marriage is on its way out, we ought to “embrace new ideas about marriage and family.” Rachel Motte reminds us that there is an alternative approach: Though I was deep . . . . Continue Reading »
I just read Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo. A few of my family members recommended it very strongly. The main attraction is that Mr. Burpo’s son nearly died of acute, misdiagnosed appendicitis and survived to report that he had been to Heaven. Young Colton Burpo . . . . Continue Reading »
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