According to a new report by Gallup , Missipians, Mormons, and African Americans are the most frequent churchgoers in the nation: Well over half of all residents in a number of Southern states and Utah report attending religious services weekly or almost every week, compared to below a third who . . . . Continue Reading »
Tablet Magazine asked me for a profile of Stratfor’s George Friedman, the great impresario of private intelligence; it appears in today’s issue. I haven’t had so much fun, as the Continental Op said, since the hogs ate my kid brother.Here’s the conclusion:Stratfor’s . . . . Continue Reading »
According to the Charlotte Observer , a Duke University study analyzed data from 22,000 online daters and found that when women choose which men to contact there was a correlation between height and income: “[T]he study showed a 5-foot-9-inch man needs to make $30,000 more than a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not sure how many version of the best-selling The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman has written. I went to CBD, and here is at least a sampling (I think I caught most of them): The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love . . . . Continue Reading »
I find it odd that Jody and David have missed Ruth Wisse’s rather obvious point about the philosophical importance of Yiddish. Yiddish was the language in which the logically complex, multi-voiced world of the Talmud made its way into Jewish folk wisdom. The ironic and indirect ways of . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of the effects of philosophy , I don’t suppose it’s possible not to note The Onion today: The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke . . . . “Though raising interest rates is unlikely at the . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the question asked by homosexual activist Jason Kuznicki as he discussed the “Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics?” forum. His discussion points to some interesting issues that might be useful to us as the issue is not one which will . . . . Continue Reading »
I was shocked and amazed to read Charlotte Allen’s long cover story for the February 15 edition of the Weekly Standard , entitled “The New Dating Game.” It is an exploration of the sexual mores of contemporary American society, either as they actually exist or as they are being . . . . Continue Reading »
Since my family is filled with NASA wogs, I keep half an eye peeled for news from the space program. This week the big news was the installation of an observation window on the International Space Station. This seven-paned, chunky bubble will allow astronauts an amazing view of the cosmos when . . . . Continue Reading »
The pews of St. Vincent de Paul Parish were, to no one’s surprise, packed today at the noon Ash Wednesday service. This beautiful (if somewhat rundown) gem of a church, with its towering Corinthian columns and Tiffany stained-glass windows, sits on Manhattan’s West Twenty-Third Street, in . . . . Continue Reading »
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