Start listening to this holiday radio program here.The pace quickens as the Brownies try to save a radical school and its lonely headmistress from Christmas hatred and bring liberty instead of mere equality . . . and the Anti-Brownie arrives to spoil it all.Episode 10The Anti-Brownie arrives . . . . Continue Reading »
I just watched President Obama on television. There will be no binding agreement coming out of Copenhagen, meaning that the conference failed. That’s to be celebrated, not because of anything personal, but because no deal is good for the country and good for the world. More details and . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of Intelligent Life , the quarterly lifestyle and culture magazine from The Economist , Anthony Gottlieb claims that religious believers face a stumbling block in a sixty-five year old horticulture parable : In 1944 John Wisdom, an aptly named British philosopher, wrote a . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope everyone will tune in to hear this on Sunday. I have been a member of Rabbi Wechsler’s congregation, Or Zarua, for nearly ten years, and have enormous regard for his scholarship and wisdom. And I had the privilege to meet Archbishop Dolan at the board meeting of the Institute for . . . . Continue Reading »
David Klinghoffer wonders what God had in mind bringing the Christian faith into the world: I happened to overhear recently when a friend of mine asked the poised young wife of a Chabad rabbi if her family celebrates Thanksgiving. In general, ultra-Orthodox Jews shy away from marking non-Jewish . . . . Continue Reading »
The Wall St. Journal has an article up on the topic of evangelicals and intellectuals. Now, this would normally interest me in and of itself, but the great part is that the piece mentions Houston Baptist University’s journal The City.We founded the journal as something of . . . . Continue Reading »
As you send out your Christmas cards this year, don’t forget the pope! The Vatican Council for Social Communication’s website has now made it possible to send an electronic Christmas card to the holy father. You can attach pictures to the card and include a personal message: “Dear . . . . Continue Reading »
I am very weary of President Obama’s—and people of his ilk such as Al Gore’s—presumption that they get to say when the debate is over. The president pulled that card out of his pocket again in Copenhagen. From the story:“I have to be honest, as the world . . . . Continue Reading »
Great point, Rusty . Before the Baby-Boomer culture reset all the standards, even criminals were more serious and self-respecting, as can be seen in this collection of vintage police lineup photos . As Jason Toon says: These natty sharps never would’ve been caught dead in a soiled wifebeater, . . . . Continue Reading »
I love Greek myths. You may remember the story of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, staring at himself and finally dying when he realized that he could not “have” himself. The nymph Echo repeated Narcissus’ words endlessly, until she too was reduced to . . . . Continue Reading »
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