Sounds good to me : Vauban, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Jerusalem Post : A leading Palestinian cleric commandeered an evening devoted to interfaith dialogue with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday to rant against Israel for “killing Gaza’s children,” “bulldozing Palestinian homes” and “destroying mosques.” In . . . . Continue Reading »
This gets a bit complicated: In mice, scientists used adult stem cells to prevent embryonic stem cells used to treat spinal cord injury from forming tumors. From the story:Transplanted embryonic stem cells are recognized as a potential treatment for patients suffering from the effects of spinal cord . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week I mentioned Br. Lawrence Lew’s multi-part essay on the theology and metaphysics behind Gothic cathedrals. By now parts 2 , 3 , and 4 are all up, so have a look if you’re interested. . . . . Continue Reading »
Blogito, ergo sum . I blog, therefore I am. This epistemological premise would seem to describe more than a few who inhabit the blogosphere these days. One wonders what would happen to the likes of an Andrew Sullivan or a Jonah Goldberg if they awoke one morning to discover that they were unable to . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew has a fairly careful and modest essay at the Times on the progress of religious faith in the face of scientific progress. The issue of whether faith should gird us to not fear scientific truth is an intriguing one; the Holocaust was scientifically true, after all, meaning the facts could not . . . . Continue Reading »
Sounds reasonable to me : A groundbreaking study suggests people with autism-spectrum disorders such as Asperger’s do not lack empathy—rather they feel others’ emotions too intensely to cope. People with Asperger’s syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, are often . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Florida is blogging . Behold the intellectual firepower : While I find such lists informative and fun, in my book Who’s Your City, I say that there is really no such thing as a single best city: Invoking the old and somewhat cliched adage, “different strokes for . . . . Continue Reading »
Grassroots Films and CatholicVote.org have teamed up for another thought-provoking video: . . . . Continue Reading »
The saga continues. Of the latest architect, Santiago Calatrava, Nicolai Ouroussoff complains at The New York Times : Mr. Calatrava remains unable to overcome the project’s fatal flaw: the striking incongruity between the extravagance of the architecture and the limited purpose it serves. The . . . . Continue Reading »
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