Recent social science research suggest that kids drain their parents’ happiness. But Tony Woodlief wonders if a parent’s happiness isn’t overrated: Any parent will tell you children are difficult, and they wear you out, and they likely will just break your heart in the end. And . . . . Continue Reading »
Sandro Magister reports that Ukraine Plays Referee Between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow . He writes that the relationships between the Church of Rome and the larger part of the Orthodoxy, that is the Church of Russia, have definitely improved. Both agree in addressing together the major . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Sexually Free Woman Discovers Chastity continues to be a popular entry in the man-bites-dog genre, the latest example being Salon.com’s “Chastened”: The Joy of No Sex , an interview with the author of a book about not having sex for a year. The interviewer is quick to . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, my. It’s the thirtieth anniversary of the movie Airplane! And what shall we say, except that genius comes as it will, and you can’t take it apart to find out how it works without destroying it. Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. The Telegraph is warning of terrible slashing cuts in the NHS budget. From the story:The NHS is suffering potentially devastating cuts to jobs and patient services as the Government’s austerity drive hits the health service, doctors’ leaders have warned. Thousands of . . . . Continue Reading »
First there was Viagra, a medicine to help men who had a physical problem being sexual, for example due to prostate maladies. (Remember those awful Bob Dole ads?) But very quickly, the proper therapeutic use of the medicine mutated into something else—using the drug to create hyper sex . . . . Continue Reading »
The anti human exceptionalists are—rather desperately, it seems to me—ever pretending that animals are like “us,” even as they say there is nothing special about being human anyway. And now, the effort to stop whaling has scientists in high anthropomorphic gear about . . . . Continue Reading »
The FDA is close to approving genetically altered salmon for human consumption. From the story:The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate. The . . . . Continue Reading »
This weekend the wife and I are in the area of Pittsburgh, PA. We haven’t had a private get-away for several years now, and this came up as a good weekend to relax. So we went to some thrift and antique shops. Got a few trinkets for our sons, but nothing for . . . . Continue Reading »
I understand that there are many people who believe in the need to internationally fund abortion in destitute areas as a method of supporting equal rights for women. But what I don’t get is that these same people—who claim to care oh, so much about impoverished women and . . . . Continue Reading »
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