It’s an old story, but it’s in the news again: Activists are claiming there is a human right to intentionally create deaf babies. BioEdge has the latest report : “There is a small minority of activists who say that there is a cultural identity in being born deaf and that we should . . . . Continue Reading »
I present to you the Reverends Veitch and Lobert . I wonder where they stand on penal substitution? Stop it. . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine this one for a second. The government sends inspectors to abortion clinics to crack down on illegal abortions and the pro-life movement steps up its protests and activism. In response, the abortion clinics do the unforeseen: they go on strike. This may sound like a pipe dream, but the New . . . . Continue Reading »
The Dutch have stopped growing . Holy jumping dust bunnies! Where does your candidate stand on this? (If he or she is stumping in the Netherlands, probably on a box.) By way of Slate . . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama annoys Edwards. Edwards gives Richardson the creeps. Richardson ignores Kucinich. Mike Gravel asks, “Who am I? Where am I?” . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes, the Golf Channel has called John McCain as the winner in New Hampshire, making him . . . king of New Hampshire or something. I wonder if that comes with a company car . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t know, Nathaniel. I especially enjoyed some of the quirkier pieces in the December issue, now available online to non-subscribers. How about Fernando Gouvêa’s “Faith by the Numbers” review, in which we glimpse how Victorian mathematics and faith intertwined? . . . . Continue Reading »
for Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame . And Mark McGwire remains steady at a pathetic 128 votes . And Clemens remains angry . And Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four , which exposed players’ abuse of speed back in the early seventies, says ban em, for life . And if it remains a he said/he . . . . Continue Reading »
Since the February 2008 issue went online today, the December 2007 issue is now available for free to all who visit the website. Looking back, my favorite article from that issue was Fr. Neuhaus’s ” True Devotion to Mary ,” in which he identified excesses of Marian devotion and . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been stewing over this story for days. Brittany Spears is in extreme danger of becoming the next Anna Nichole Smith and Dr. Phil, the television psychologist tried to make hay out of it for his personal aggrandizement and headline generation. First, he goes to visit her in the hospital. But . . . . Continue Reading »
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