Joseph Bottum

When is a theocrat not a theocrat? When he says Jesus would support the “public option” for health care. HT: Instapundit. . . . . Continue Reading »

“She silenced even a Jesuit who joked that she seemed to be getting smaller,” Fr. George Rutler recalls. “Yes,” she said, “and I must get smaller until I am small enough to fit into the heart of Jesus.” They say you can always tell a Jesuit but can’t tell him . . . . Continue Reading »

How much are we entitled to use each other? Jennifer Roback Morse takes up the question in a thoughtful review of My Sister’s Keeper , the screen version of Jodi Picoult’s novel. . . . . Continue Reading »

Along with several others, we received yesterday a statement from a reader who practices the dangerous profession of being a Christian missionary to Muslims in the Middle East. Along the way, the missionary notes: In August of 2008 a young lady named Fatima al-Mutayri, age 26, was martyred in Saudi . . . . Continue Reading »

Marriage up, divorce down in Australia —and the Aussie Mark Richardson hears the melancholy, long, withdrawing roar of feminism’s “third wave” retreating. . . . . Continue Reading »

A divorced couple’s irreconcilable differences make what seems a very bad occasion for legal decisions with serious First Amendment implications. But that’s what we have in the June 2009 New Hampshire family-court decision In re Kurowski & Voydatch . The libertarian law-professor and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Catholic wife of the former British prime minister can be faulted for many things but not usually for lack of candor. Reaffirming her support for contraception, Cherie Blair was quoted recently as saying: I feel if you look at what progress women have made in the world, one of the reasons is . . . . Continue Reading »

Notes Rick Brookhiser : “We already know what Dr. Obama thinks about the beginning of life. Not confidence-making for the end.” . . . . Continue Reading »

As the Dodgers fade into August, I was browsing Sports Illustrated and came across another of those unnatural-arm pictures of pitchers —this one of Jared Weaver during the great rookie start he had in 2006: How do these guys last even a season? . . . . Continue Reading »

Karen Novak slipped away this morning—a great artist, a good friend, the beloved wife of Michael Novak, and convivial presence at so many of our events. You can find some of her artwork described on her website . But even they don’t capture her fun, her spirit, or how much we will miss . . . . Continue Reading »