A storm’s a’ brewin in the mommy blogosphere: With book deals, TV appearances and thousands of readers, moms who detail every moment of their domestic lives online produce some of the Web’s most well-read blogs. Many of these “mommy bloggers” even draw the attention of . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest column , Bill McGurn looks at the Obama administration’s unwillingness to entertain debate on healthcare reform: “President Obama says that both sides agree we need to lower costs, promote choice and provide coverage for every American,” says Grace-Marie Turner, . . . . Continue Reading »
As we rush into another week of blogging, posting, texting, and tweeting, consider David Ulin on “the lost art of reading” : Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being. We possess the books . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m catching some flack for daring to criticize Sarah Palin’s sophmoric (in my view) advocacy about “death boards” and “evil” in Obamacare. If Palin is going to have impact beyond her own choir, she needs to improve her game. And I didn’t say she . . . . Continue Reading »
I weigh in a bit more on the Palin “death board” charge over at The Corner. . . . . Continue Reading »
No high art here, just a miscellany of lovely little things, such as I might actually have in my actual house (beneath the current avalanche of cross-shaped coffee tables and recliners and dangly lamps and kapok pillows). Here’s another little gilt triptych, very much like the one which lives on . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s another installment in my “What Was History (with a Capital H)?” The End of History in the strong or revolutionary sense was discredited by the Marxist tyrannies that turned people into history fodder and nothing more. That doesn’t mean that we aren’t surrounded . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Postmodern Conservative , Ivan Kenneally follows First Things ’ contributing writer Yuval Levin’s latest writings on healthcare issues. . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps, says David E. Anderson in an interesting review essay on a number of recent books of criticism on the sacramental element in poetry. . . . . Continue Reading »
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