Mary Rose Somarriba

For more on Obama’s speech in Cairo, you simply can’t miss David Goldman’s thoughts at Spengler and Elizabeth Scalia’s reactions at The Anchoress . . . . . Continue Reading »

If you enjoyed Elizabeth Scalia’s On the Square article today, don’t miss her outtakes on the story at The Anchoress . . . . . Continue Reading »

Good point, Ryan : Saletan’s metaphor—that the work of abortionists is as courageous as that of soldiers in combat—is bogus. Of course the only thing they share in common is that they involve violence. What they don’t share in common is a real enemy attack. And yet, as Sean . . . . Continue Reading »

In his column yesterday, E.J. Dionne documents what he calls “right-wing Catholics” showing themselves to be “more Catholic than the pope” in opposition to Notre Dame’s honoring of President Obama at Commencement next week. He does this with a funny sleight-of-hand . . . . Continue Reading »

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Our friend and board member Michael Novak is working on a project to start a book series of “Catholic Family Classics.” Read more about it here . . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, the ABC television show Dancing With the Stars aired its season premiere, bringing professional dancers and celebrities together and seeing what happens when they put on their dancing shoes. Over twenty-two million viewers tuned in to meet the latest match-ups¯in past seasons, the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Washington Post today recognizes ” Obama’s Budget Proposal Would Push Deficit to $1.75 Trillion ,” causing Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation to comment on Obama’s promise to cut the deficit in half: “It’s easy to cut the deficit in half after . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . and now, after rubbing in the losses of their alma maters to both FT’s editor and managing editor, Ryan T. Anderson wonders why his login information mysteriously stopped working for the FT blog . . . Just kidding. If Providence played football, Ryan, it might be a different story. As . . . . Continue Reading »

Today’s New York Times features an article ” Picture Emerging on Genetic Risks of IVF ” that starts like this: Over the past thirty years, in vitro fertilization has been reassuringly safe. Millions of healthy children have been born and developed normally . . . The article goes . . . . Continue Reading »