Our Lady of Pompeii could pass for City Hall if it weren’t for its adjoining tower, raising a cross for all to see over Sixth Avenue and Father Demo Square in the West Village. Even then, there’s hardly an outward sign that this is a Catholic Church—that is, until one opens the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Russian journalist set off a firestorm in calling for infanticide of developmentally disabled babies, using extremely crass and dehumanizing language. From the story:The author, Aleksandr Nikonov, used the word “debil” — a deeply offensive term in Russian — to characterize . . . . Continue Reading »
After examining the data on 210 million public profiles on Facebook, Pete Warden discovered some fascinating clusters of connections . His visualization of the information, which tracks connections between places that share friends, reveals that groups form strong online bonds locally but have few . . . . Continue Reading »
The concept of self-denial is foreign to most American Christians who, in our consumer culture, as as well conditioned as the rest to indulge and spend, to consume, consume, consume. We consume food to the point that most of us are overweight. We consume so much food that many chronic illnesses are . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently made a post about reading 1984 and suggested watching the 1984 adaptation starring John Hurt. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the full release (i.e., unedited), having seen it recently on a cable network that edits for content; this means that I forgot . . . . Continue Reading »
Do introverts fit in at church? That’s the intriguing question Richard Beck, an associate professor and experimental psychologist at Abilene Christian University, asks in an important post on introverts and the Imago Dei : The answer, obviously, is that it depends upon what kind of church we . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”attachment_3905” align=”alignright” width=”185” caption=”Yves René Simon”][/caption]Six decades ago the thomistic philosopher Yves René Simon observed that, since the French Revolution, authority has had something of a bad . . . . Continue Reading »
Using TLC’s What Not to Wear and Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as models, I’m developing a television pilot program this spring for CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network). I envision a cadre of Christian cosmopolitans – similar to the “Fab Five” – whose . . . . Continue Reading »
Heather MacDonald’s latest piece at National Review explores some of the questions surrounding gay marriage, and the difficulties that arise when parental status and identity is established solely by intent, rather than by biology–as it is in the case of homosexual marriage. The question, . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Klavan, a contributing editor at City Journal , examines the differences between culture and reality in America : Culture in America is an enchanted place where the conservative facts of life are magically transformed into liberal fantasies. In movies, TV shows, novels, even comedy routines, . . . . Continue Reading »
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