The news agency Rome Reports has compiled a short video highlighting “ The worst-dressed priests in the world .” The images (amusing and appalling all) are from a blog called Bad Vestments (motto: Because Christian Worship Is Not Supposed to Be About You). The first-ever Bad Vestments . . . . Continue Reading »
Nobody should be surprised. An Oregon psychiatrist is opening a suicide clinic called “Dignity House,” at which—for a fee—people can commit assisted suicide under Oregon’s law. Services include flowers ($400), music ($400), photography (!) ($400), and for $1200, Dr. Big . . . . Continue Reading »
All Sorts is a clever website that provides a “collection of collective nouns that may or may not have found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary. If you think that a charismatic collective is far superior to a dullard ‘bunch’ or ‘flock’ then this is the place for . . . . Continue Reading »
Absolutely disgusting. I wrote yesterday about a Portland psychiatrist named Stuart Weisberg, M.D., LLC (limited liability corporation), who plans to set up an assisted suicide clinic called euphemistically Dignity House. Apparently, Dr. Big Heart plans to do much more than that. . . . . Continue Reading »
In a post yesterday I wondered whether MoveOn.org, which took out a full-page ad in the New York Times titled “ General Petraeus or General Betray Us ”, felt betrayed by the news that the man they endorsed as a candidate has appointed a man they say was “cooking the books for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Talk about killjoys. We have been told that to SAVE THE PLANET from boiling we must:- Not have children;- Dramatically reduce our prosperity;- Give up our cats and dogs;- Sweat in the summer without air conditioning;- Freeze in the winter with low heat settings;- Only eat slow food;- Become . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study shows a sharp increase in the Jewish fertility rate in Israel, concluding that “that the dire predictions of an Arab demographic takeover of Israel that have become ‘common knowledge’ are actually not true,” the Israel National News website reports today. . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s edition of the Jewish webzine Tablet publishes my essay “Fantasia: Obama’s embrace of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatens both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” “Mickey Mouse must have felt a bit like this, midway through the . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re the church-going type you may have been subjected to a special Father’s Day sermon this past Sunday. You might have noticed, as Jon Acuff of Stuff Christians Like notes, that there is a slight difference between the sermons for dads and the one for Mother’s Day : On . . . . Continue Reading »
Maureen Mullarkey is a painter who writes on art and culture (she recently wrote the OTS feature ” The Popular Myth of Convivencia “). Earlier this week she received an offer to teach an MFA class, accepted it, and resigned— all in the same day : Yesterday, I opened my . . . . Continue Reading »
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