Where Have All the Catholic Writers Gone? The Millions , Robert Fay Air Force Academy adapts to pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans Los Angeles Times , Jenny Deam Sexual Abuse and Moral Indifference Public Discourse , Mary Graw Leary Father’s presence cuts delinquency rates Herald Sun , . . . . Continue Reading »
From Radical Joe: A Life of Joseph Chamberlain , a reminiscence from his primary-school teacher: At one time, they wanted to get up a ‘Peace Society.’ I was very much against it, as I felt sure it would stir up quarrels among them, and they were of course forbidden to fight. However, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I discussed with my class Robert Bellah’s famous 1967 essay entitled “ Civil Religion in America .” In a time when news commentators and some scholars express concern that there is too much religion in American politics, Bellah’s essay reminds us that religion has . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, the first sunday in Advent, our English-speaking Roman Catholic brethren began using a newly revised liturgy that is closer to the Latin texts than the previous 1973 version in use for nearly four decades. Liturgy Training Publications has posted a comparison of the two texts for those . . . . Continue Reading »
A list compiled after being stumped by reference to an “equitable mustache” in Looking for a Ship and then turning to Google Books with mischievous intent. All of these are real. amiable equanimous tetragrammatonic guileless competent sincere white inquiring drooping dihedral . . . . Continue Reading »
We’ve dealt with this issue before when I reported about an article in the JAMA recommending the removal of morbidly obese children from their homes to foster care in very rare cases. That is how things start in matters such as this. A highly nuanced article may lead . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl asked that I give Romney’s economic plan the same treatment I gave Gingrich. Okay. Here is a quick summary of what I think: 1. Romney’s 59 point plan isn’t that bad or good. It doesn’t include huge new programs or include tax cuts that will blow a hole . . . . Continue Reading »
Being George WashingtonGlenn Beck A Live Blog Review11/25/2011 2:23 PMThis review is not about Glenn Beck.Whatever, you think of Glenn Beck; many of the parents of my students listen to him on radio, subscribe to his television network (GBTV), and read his books. In this new book Being George . . . . Continue Reading »
On the naturalness of gratitude (as obscured by not obliterated by our pursuit of rational control): Many thinkers today contend that there has been a steepdecline in the ethos of gratitude in modern America, citing as causes failuresin civic education and a diminishing influence of religion. In . . . . Continue Reading »
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