Well, it seems that the tender sensibilities of a famous Harvard professor were offended. He and his driver put their shoulders to his front door. A neighbor called the police. The officer responded and adopted the usual officious and superior manner of policemen. As a man who knows only deference . . . . Continue Reading »
Via James Kushiner at Touchstone , a statement released yesterday by House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI): “Section 1233 of the House-drafted legislation encourages health care providers to provide their Medicare patients . . . . Continue Reading »
Avery Cardinal Dulles, who Joseph Bottum described as “one of the greatest thinkers in the modern Roman Catholic church and perhaps its most distinguished representative in the United States,” died on December 12, 2008. In our May issue—now free to all readers—Thomas G. Guarino . . . . Continue Reading »
As if we aren’t already spending enough money, legislation has apparently been filed to create a federal long term care insurance plan. From the storyIt creates a national insurance trust that people can voluntarily participate in. It’s a publicly sponsored insurance plan, to make . . . . Continue Reading »
In his report yesterday on the seventy-sixth General Convention of the Episcopal Church, Jordan Hylden remarked on the uncertain future for the denomination: “By all indices, the church is graying fast and shrinking faster, attracting precious few youth and young families, its progressive . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel doesn’t like Dr. L’s linking up of anti-capitalism to isolationism. Unfortunately, he passionately exaggerates, to the point of disfigurement, Dr. L’s discussion of a certain anti-capitalism as a ” variant ” [my bold] of the “postpolitical fantasy” . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview with U.S. News and World Report , Deal Hudson, the director of Catholic outreach for George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, explains why he thinks Obama’s language about “common ground” is disingenuous but effective. Dan Gilgoff: The Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama’s drug czar, like those of Clinton and Bush before him, claims that marijuana has no medicinal value. From the story: “Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it’s not in mine,” he said. Kerlikowske said he can understand . . . . Continue Reading »
Language symbols convey the existence, in the experienced world, of a sense perception that is purposefully designed to reconstitute, for the listener, an “engendering reality.” The truth of these symbols, even if they explicate a non-existent reality, belongs to the non-existent . . . . Continue Reading »
Just received this calendar in the mail from a place called Bridegroom Press . It came with a cover letter by Steve Kellmeyer that included these comments: “As someone who has promoted indulgences in the past, we thought you might appreciate finding out more about this way of helping . . . . Continue Reading »
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