The discovery of fragments of the lost Codex Gregorianus, one of the oldest known law books, was announced this week : Part of an ancient Roman law code previously thought to have been lost forever has been discovered by researchers at UCL’s Department of History. Simon Corcoran and Benet . . . . Continue Reading »
Archbishop Raymond Burke, in a homily given in Phoenix, Arizona:In our culture, “the law more and more dares to force those with the sacred trust of caring for the health of their brothers and sisters to violate the most sacred tenets of their consciences, and to force individuals and . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps, as Joe Carter suggests , J.D. Salinger’s legacy is uncertain. I think better of him than others here seem to, but, regardless, man, could he write. Remember the end of Franny and Zooey ? “I remember about the fifth time I ever went on ‘Wise Child,’ Zooey tells Franny . . . . Continue Reading »
J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye , Franny and Zooey , and Nine Stories , is dead at the age of ninety-one . His son confirmed that he died of natural causes. As I wrote last June , since its publication in 1951, Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye has been the favored bildungsroman . . . . Continue Reading »
Disney ’s Three Little Pigs may appear to be a simple story. But as Ellen Handler Spitz notes, it’s a model of Aristotelian aesthetics : The earliest versions of the Three Pigs story are buried in time, although we do have nineteenth-century English renderings of it. I want, as a foil, . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, can I admit that I have an utter fascination with Christopher Hitchens? While I grieve for the state of his soul, I admire his intellect and his ability to cut to the heart of an issue. Perhaps it’s because he’s an intellectual ninja who is, unlike of most public . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court, and Justice Alito’s reaction, have received a surprising amount of attention—given that Obama had thousands of words, widely broadcast, and Alito had a headshake and two words, unheard, possibly “that’s wrong.” . . . . Continue Reading »
My latest podcast delves into “nature rights,” which, I believe, could reasonably be depicted as neo nature religion. It isn’t just the constitution of Ecuador, as I have discussed before. Some US municipalities have passed ordinances giving “Nature” the . . . . Continue Reading »
Science explains why my wife and I get along so well: she’s exponentially more attractive than me. From the Journal of Family Psychology : Physical appearance plays a crucial role in shaping new relationships, but does it continue to affect established relationships, such as marriage? In the . . . . Continue Reading »
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on . . . . Continue Reading »
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