I can’t remember the guy’s name, but I once saw an interview with one of the lead writers on the old “Batman” show with Adam West, which was a staple of my childhood. Evidently the guy had a master’s in historical linguistics or something and he told a . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news on the global AIDS front. The UN announced at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna that the prevalence of AIDS has been waning in the hardest hit areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The reason: people are taking the matter into their own hands by having fewer partners and putting off . . . . Continue Reading »
As a part of their Future of Religion series, the religion portal Patheos considers the future of Catholicism. Elizabeth Scalia notes the intriguing entry by my buddy (the best talk show host in America) Hugh Hewitt: The brief history of American Catholicism is this: mission, persecution, . . . . Continue Reading »
For the last several weeks I have been trying to develop an ecological orientation through the narrative imagination. By ecological orientation, I mean “a new consciousness of the country” or “a new relation to it,” as the narrator of O Pioneers! describes in the exquisite . . . . Continue Reading »
You write a book. Some reviews are good, some bad, and some middling. It’s not always fun, but that’s the life of an author.A middling review came out today in the New Republic’s website. All in all, given the source, I am not displeased. But I do have to correct . . . . Continue Reading »
Mercatornet recently posted an interview with Fr. Giovanni Cucci, S.J., who, along with Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J., is the author of ŒChiesa e pedofilia. Una ferita aperta. Un approccio psicologico-pastorale (The Church and Paedophilia. An Open Wound. A Pastoral-Psychological Approach) Milan, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been repeatedly asked my views about the Final Exit Network advocacy billboards that push assisted suicide. I was going to post on it, but I was interviewed by Fox News Network on the issue, and I think my comments to Fox’s reporter will suffice. From the story:A national . . . . Continue Reading »
If you haven’t already, take a stroll to your neighborhood bookstore and pick up the latest gem from Alan Jacobs: Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant . . . . . Continue Reading »
While the English have virtually approved assisted suicide in the Debby Purdy case , the approval doesn’t cover assistance that is in fact direct killing because the person being assisted can’t quickly kill himself, even with help. Now, ‘Locked in syndrome’ man asks High . . . . Continue Reading »
This week, NPR’s All Things Considered is running a series of reports on the growth of Christianity in China. The first of five episodes, “ In the Land of Mao, A Rising Tide of Christianity ,” ran on Monday, July 19; the second, “China’s Divided Catholics Seek . . . . Continue Reading »
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