Over at the law professors’ blog the Volokh Conspiracy , they’re noting the sixtieth anniversary of the movie Adam’s Rib —which prompts one commentator to quote the movie’s best line: “Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called inbreeding, from which . . . . Continue Reading »
Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past. . . . . Continue Reading »
AP has the story here . . . . . Continue Reading »
We enter a season in which the meaning of conservatism becomes the ping-pong ball du jour. With not only an election, but the meaning of the “movement” in itself in the contention, people of various beliefs and commitments seek to lay claim to the word and thereby to the direction . . . . Continue Reading »
So, a study shows that girls play less energetically than boys. Big whup and, as they say, vive la difference. But some find even this innocuous information a cause for hand wringing. From the story:Girls tend to play less energetically than boys, because they are more interested in chatting, a new . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend of mine spent New Year’s Eve at an Orthodox monastery where, as the year drew to a close, they sang a beautiful hymn of thanksgiving, the Akathist hymn ” Glory to God for All Things .” Here’s a sample: How glorious You are in the springtime, when every creature . . . . Continue Reading »
Things continue to go from the strange, to the surreal. The International Endocrine Society is advocating that drugs be given to children with gender identity questions to block puberty, which is already done in some places. From the story:Transsexual children as young as 12 should be given drugs to . . . . Continue Reading »
Two German kindergarteners who met on New Year’s Eve this year tried to run away to Africa to get married. They weren’t able to tie the knot, but they sure made one cute story : Two German children—aged five and six—have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, Christmastide is quickly drawing to a close, and it looks like record numbers spent time this Christmas, not in church or with family, but on Facebook . . . . . Continue Reading »
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