When President Obama promised not to enforce federal marijuana law in states where medical marijuana laws exist, he violated his oath of office and opened the door to widespread criminality. Now, there may be factory pot farms established in Oakland. From the story:Oakland could approve a plan . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in “On the Square,” R. R. Reno examines the Catholic Church After the Scandals . The secular response to the scandals makes obvious something about the Church’s new situation in Western societies, and therefore the new challenge she faces — a situation and challenge her . . . . Continue Reading »
A woman is pregnant with two babies, due on week apart—and they aren’t twins. That may sound like the setup for a peculiar riddle, but for Angie Cromar, a labor and delivery nurse in Utah , it ain’t no joke: A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies, but they’re not twins. . . . . Continue Reading »
After reading David B. Hart’s essay on baseball, A Perfect Game, in this month’s issue of FIRST THINGS, I soaked up his idyllic metaphors as I entered Target Field last night to see my beloved Twins take on the hapless Cleveland Indians. Beholding the wonder of the green diamond I was . . . . Continue Reading »
So, thanks to PRICELINE, I’m able to spend a few days with my wife in Hilton Head, SC at a reasonable rate. This the largest island in the South, with beautiful beaches and marshes and some Gullah and Civil War history. But basically everything is new and planned (in accord with trendy . . . . Continue Reading »
This was absolutely predictable: When the public prosecutor for England and Wales said he would not prosecute some assisted suicides if based on compassionate motives, I warned that it would open the dikes. And now, here it comes. A man with quadriplegia is seeking a court order allowing his wife to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Rabbinical Council of America, the main association of Modern Orthodox rabbis in the United States, today issued a statement calling on American Jews to respect the outcome of the democratic process in the State of Israel regarding laws governing conversion to Judaism. Sponsored by the Yisrael . . . . Continue Reading »
An Islamic publication in England has “called Muslims to attend the Mass to convert Catholics and ‘tell the Pope in no uncertain terms what Muslims think of his evil slanders against the last Prophet of God and his message’,” reports Matthew Archbold in Is the Pope in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Genevan Psalms in Turkish? Incredible but true. Here’s the story:The versifier was one Wojciech Bobowski, who was born in Lvov 400 years ago this year and died in 1675. Musically-gifted, Bobowski was a Polish Reformed Christian who was kidnapped at age 18 by Tatars and sold as a slave to . . . . Continue Reading »
Am I the only one who reads stories from Europe and scratch my head over the conspiracy of silence? Consider this little news item about riots in the French city of Genoble . It seems the BBC, Reuters, and others can’t bring themselves to mention that the fleeing suspect shot by the police was . . . . Continue Reading »
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