Declaring that it would be better for tomato plants to be dead than enslaved to tomato growers, the ATLF has poisoned seedlings to liberate them from a lifetime of slavery before having the fruit of their labors cruelly picked and consumed. From the story:Tomato prices could double or triple . . . . Continue Reading »
Throughout Church history, theological controversy has been one of the enduring features. Name any communion or denomination and you will find one which has struggled with this matter. St. Maximus the Confessor was imprisoned, exiled, and lost his tongue and compared to many he got off easy. For . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently read a biography of Henry Luce. He was the co-founder of Time magazine and founded Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and other prime American media properties. He co-founded Time with a Yale classmate who died young.The book, Henry Luce: His . . . . Continue Reading »
They’ve done it before and the’ll do it again: An animal rights group infiltrated a true believer into an animal industry under false pretenses. That person tapes the daily occurrences of the business and finds snippents that could be made to appear to (or do) involve . . . . Continue Reading »
The July issue of Playboy s Portuguese edition features an unlikely cover model: Jesus. Our Lord also makes an appearance within the magazine, posing beatifically next to semi-topless women. The imagery has an ostensibly literary purpose: As Robert Quigley notes, Last month, Nobel literature . . . . Continue Reading »
“Whatever the reason,” writes Prof. Deneen , clearly sporting for another round of epic battle, “its good news indeed. Score 1 for FPR, zero for the PoMoCons.” But Brooks’ defense of the suburbs was wrongly grounded. Here’s why we know better and . . . . Continue Reading »
On July 2, on her blog on the National Public Radio website, NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard posted a piece with the title Taking the Lords Name in Vain . In it she describes the complaints NPR received when, on June 23, the network broadcast a story about Tom Cruise that included . . . . Continue Reading »
Again, these are very rough and meant to provoke. Carl is right that there are limitations to the point-by-point method, although I think it fits the blog well. 1. So the American understanding of science as technologythe modern understanding that flows from Bacon, Descartes, and that . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things assistant editor Kevin Staley-Joyce has pointed out that blogger Marcel LeJeune at Aggie Catholics has posted a list of the Top 15 Phrases Not Found in the Bible . Heres a sample: 3. The Lord (or God) works in mysterious ways Comes from a hymn . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend recently expresses chastened sentiment. Great books and good philosophy, he sighed, dont really help us become virtuous, do they? Well, mostly no, they dont. In my youth I hitch-hiked across America many times, worked all sorts of jobs, and spent a great . . . . Continue Reading »