Political correctness rules the world! Men and women play in different golf and tennis tournaments because they have biological differences in body strength, coordination, and etc. The distinction isn’t invidious. Rather, it allows like to compete against like, as it were, to give . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s something wrong with this picture: A pilot program has started in NYC that will have organ collectors go to the homes of people who just died of a heart attack to collect the body and harvest kidneys. The motive is to increase the number of transplantable organs. But the approach . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Interlude is another word for stalling. My only daughter is past the due date on his first kid, plus there’s lots of other breaking news in Mount Berry, GA. So a combination of transient ADD and lack of time is delaying indefinitely the next big installment. 2. I’ve been visited by a . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s first “ On the Square ” essay, Joe Carter sets up a startling and original juxtaposition between two disparate characters: Ayn Rand’s Howard Roark and Frank Capra’s George Bailey. While for Roark, all roads lead to self-satisfaction, George Bailey . . . . Continue Reading »
The Department of Defense is preparing to officially release the results of its survey on the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding homosexuals serving openly in the military. That is, of course, after someone leaked the results early, probably to try to influence events. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Whenever I’m sent by my wife to the store on “milk & bread” runs, there’s one rule I follow that keeps me from endlessly wandering the fluorescent freezer-aisled jungle: if we need more than three items, I must make a list. I’m unsure of the average human . . . . Continue Reading »
When I first heard that George W. Bush sat down with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for an an interview, I thought “Not for me.” An hour-long video of former president reminiscing about old times sounded deathly dull. But Carmel Lobello ‘s comment intrigued me: “Bush is in . . . . Continue Reading »
Dolly the sheep has been cloned. There are now four “Dollies.” From the story:Named after country and western singer Dolly Parton, Dolly was created from a cell taken from a mammary gland. The rest of the sample of tissue has lain in a freezer since, until it was defrosted to make . . . . Continue Reading »
Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle, who is commemorated in this familiar hymn:Jesus calls us over the tumultOf our life’s wild, restless, sea;Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,Saying, “Christian, follow Me!”As of old Saint Andrew heard itBy the Galilean . . . . Continue Reading »
An interview with Matt Baglio , author of The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist , made into a movie starring Anthony Hopkins. Claire Berlinski finds her financial salvation in GM’s example . Mark Blackham ponders the difference “between the instincts of ordinary people in a . . . . Continue Reading »
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