“The British pub was once a mainstay of working-class morality:” All over Britain, in town and village, in the suburbs and in the countryside, you will come across public houses, some still named from the animals—hare, hound, deer and fox; horse, cow, pig and cockerel—through . . . . Continue Reading »
At First Principles , Ralph C Wood reviews Julia Stapleton’s Christianity, Patriotism, and Nationhood: The England of G.K. Chesterton : In her still unsurpassed biography of G. K. Chesterton from 1943, Maisie Ward declared that the three great loves of the great man’s life were “his . . . . Continue Reading »
Economist Arnold Kling reframes an ideological metaphor : Think of three points on an ideological triangle: 1. Point L, where you believe that markets are effective at processing information and solving problems. This position is to take a radically pro-market view, and to let markets fix their own . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. was ordained to the episcopate in a grand ceremony in Washington, DC. Before he was an Archbishop, the new Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments wrote “ Jesus and the World Religions ,” . . . . Continue Reading »
So let’s continue our redecoration of Sally’s House with crosses. The picture I thought I had found of the house yesterday turned out to be her old house; her new one is much lovelier. And lovelier still, will it be, when we’re done?For the living room, we already have a sofa and . . . . Continue Reading »
In his post on Michael Crichton , Joseph asked, “Was there ever a popular writer more in love with the gadgets of science—and more suspicious of science itself, or, at least, of scientists?” Crichton’s complicated feelings about science reminded of Francis Bacon’s claim . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh burr-u-ther! A “study” is out blaming “psychological barriers” for preventing us from getting all hot and bothered about global warming, er, climate change. From the story:Psychological barriers like uncertainty, mistrust and denial keep most Americans from acting to . . . . Continue Reading »
On July 16, Betsy McCaughey alleged on the Fred Thompson radio program that Medicare recipients would be required under the House health reform bill to receive end-of-life counseling every five years. That set off a firestorm that roiled the debate for two weeks. It was not . . . . Continue Reading »
SHSers, and readers of the news in general, know all about the “mandatory” end of life counseling controversy that erupted a few weeks ago concerning HB 3200. The brouhaha started on July 16, when Betsy McCaughey alleged that seniors would be required to receive counseling . . . . Continue Reading »
In the book of Genesis it notes that the human lifespan is limited to a maximum of 120 years . And since God is a mathematician, it shouldn’t be surprising that this rate of mortality is an exponential function: What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year? Try . . . . Continue Reading »
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