There must be a lesson in here for all of us: Boxing fans will gather in Birmingham on Friday night to witness the final fight of a man who should be remembered for ever as Britain’s most spectacular sporting loser . . . . Buckley has lost more fights than any other boxer in the world. . . . . Continue Reading »
The journal Psychosomatic Medicine has published a study that shows how intellectual work actually makes you hungry. A group of students was asked to complete a series of mental tests, after which they were presented with an all-you-can-eat buffet. On average, the group ate more after thinking than . . . . Continue Reading »
Or at least higher infidelity in 2006 than in 1991, says the New York Times . The noticeable shifts came in men and women over 60 and those under 35. One could say many things about the findings, but I was struck by the tone of a few sentences. One, in the print edition, summarized the article: . . . . Continue Reading »
David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University. Writing in the magazine Prism , a publication of Evangelicals for Social Action, Prof. Gushee tells us about a “Holocaust travel course” he took this past summer . . . . Continue Reading »
From book twelve of Homer’s Odyssey : Enough: in misery can words avail? And what so tedious as a twice-told tale? Zbigniew Janowski, reviewing Edith Hall’s new book The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey in the November issue of First Things , shows how . . . . Continue Reading »
Welcome to Halloween in West Hollywood . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Collar by George Herbert I struck the board and cried, "No more; I will abroad! What? shall I ever sigh and pine? My lines and life are free, free as the road, Loose as the wind, as large as store. Shall I be still in suit? Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me blood, and not restore What I . . . . Continue Reading »
A few excerpts from the UN’s Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : Amputation and corporal punishment, although justified by the authorities as Islamic punishments, remain a serious cause for concern. The death penalty is imposed . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the name of the seminar I just came back from. Run by the Acton Institute and held all over the country, these seminars provide a basic introduction to the intersection of Christian theology and free-market economics. If you (or someone you know) have wondered about how exactly to help . . . . Continue Reading »
Barbara Wagner was refused life-extending chemotherapy by Oregon Medicaid but explicitly told that the State would pay for her assisted suicide.That is the future if we accept the death agenda. In this No on I-1000 Ad, Barbara Wagner—who has since died—urges Washingtonians to vote no. . . . . Continue Reading »
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