The Mardi Gras season in New Orleans starts weeks in advance of today’s actual celebration, and is traditionally known as a time for people to celebrate excess in the days leading up to Lent—forty days of fasting. In some ways, though, Mardi Gras has become a celebration of vice before . . . . Continue Reading »
Last time I proffered the idea that pain is a problem for the atheist because he has to figure out what to do about said pain - and some of you took that at face value, but I think some of you are rightfully scratching your heads.“Frank - big thinkin’ and everything,” you ought to . . . . Continue Reading »
Want to the get into an elite college? Get good grades, score high on the SAT, and try not to be born an Asian American : SAT score aren’t everything. But they can tell some fascinating stories. Take 1,623, for instance. That’s the average score of Asian-Americans, a group that Daniel . . . . Continue Reading »
If I ever write a book, I will be content if it is half as thoughtful, profound, and meditative as Gilbert Meilander’s Neither Beast Nor God. I am tempted to stop with that sentence; but I won’t. And I won’t write a book that even comes close to half, try as I might. Meilander’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I am convinced that, even after the special election in Massachusetts, the Democrats have no idea how big the tidal wave will be in November. The Republicans need ten seats to take the Senate, and thirteen are in play . Maybe more. A tsunami is about to hit the incumbents. Of course, the . . . . Continue Reading »
“Incline thy ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!” Psalm 102 Forms—let’s call them for the moment manners, little rules of protocol, the observance of ceremonies—are the heart and soul of civilized life. And that is why the conservative, pre- or . . . . Continue Reading »
On and on it goes, where it stops, nobody knows: Now UK hospitals are being accused of putting patients’ lives at risk by failing to comply with safety orders from central control. From the story:Hospitals were accused tonight of putting patients’ lives at unnecessary risk after research . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine, for a moment, that there was a great struggle in the ancient church regarding whether or not music was conducive with Christian worship. Thankfully, church history records mercifully few instances of this particular debate, but imagine that there was a great one. Then imagine . . . . Continue Reading »
Animal rights is such a peaceable movement—at least that is what its adherents insist. Yet, personal threats by animal rights fanatics have so unnerved an American Olympian, he is afraid to stay at a hotel. From the story : U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir says he received threats from anti-fur . . . . Continue Reading »
Animal rights is such a peaceable movement—at least that is what its adherents insist. Yet, personal threats by animal rights fanatics have so unnerved an American Olympian, he is afraid to stay at a hotel. From the story:U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir says he received threats from . . . . Continue Reading »
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