For the Catholics: Our loyal advertiser Ignatius Press has dozens of titles on sale , including books by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Arinze, Russell Shaw, Thomas Howard, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar, George Marlin, Joseph Pearce, Josef Pieper, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, . . . . Continue Reading »
During his presidential claim Barack Obama asserted that future generations would say that “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal . . . ” At the time I thought the claim was hubristic. But he was right! The oil slick in the Gulf . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I’ll be cornswaggled! Richard Dawkins disdains the moral implications of human exceptionalism—for example, he yearns for the discovery of a human/chimp hybrid species that could interbreed with us to “break the species barrier.”But even though he . . . . Continue Reading »
Is it wrong to speak as though favoring religious freedom and opposing slavery are basic Christian principles? Yes, says S.M. Hutchens of Touchstone , a signer of the Manhattan Declaration (henceforth ‘MD’). At the magazine’s blog Mere Comments , Hutchens criticizes MD for making . . . . Continue Reading »
Tomorrow in “On the Square,” Elizabeth Marquardt of the Institute of American Values reviews the cheerful new movie about children conceived from donor sperm, The Kids Are All Right . The reality, she suggests from her own studies, which produced the ground-breaking study My . . . . Continue Reading »
As old hand SHSers know, I love to take photographs. And when I go to terrific places—and Australia is really terrific—I take a time out from our usual fare to post a few of my shots. Here goes.The Apple Store in downtown Sydney at about 8 PM. We walked past the store . . . . Continue Reading »
Detroit — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit brought against Eastern Michigan University by a master’s student who said she was removed from the school’s counseling program because of her strong religious views against homosexuality. As part of her course work, [Julea] Ward . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Fall of 2010, for the first time ever, First Things will release its own college rankings and guide. As many of you will know from experience, picking the right college is a difficult and trying process, especially for parents and students concerned not only with academic quality . . . . Continue Reading »
The CBC is about to release a new documentary—Eggsploitation—about the IVF and biotechnology industries’ exploitation of women for their eggs, and the dangers donors face. From the film’s new Web site:The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a . . . . Continue Reading »
The tech world has been buzzing with yesterday’s ruling about the legality of “jailbreaking” one’s iPhone (removing certain barriers to non-Apple approved applications for iPhones). This means that phone owners have the right to alter their phones to download . . . . Continue Reading »
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