On Saturday, poet Samuel Menashe—who has a new poem in the April issue —gave a poetry reading at the 96th Street Library here in New York. Sean Curnyn recorded the event and offered his own reflection: It’s funny: Although one’s enjoyment of Menashe’s poems certainly can . . . . Continue Reading »
With its bulbous green domes pointing skyward and its highly articulated facade, Central Synagogue, on Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, is a marvel of Moorish Revival architecture. Constructed in 1872 in tribute to Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue, Central Synagogue is now considered to . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday’s Jerusalem Pos t features an op-ed by Alon Goshen-Gottstei n that defends Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday sermon last week at St. Peters in Rome. The sermon was in the news because Fr. Cantalamessa drew parallels between the recent media treatment of the pedophilia . . . . Continue Reading »
Assisted suicide has tremendous power to rend family unity and sow distrust over motives. A recent suicide tourism case in the UK—in which a rich widow committed suicide, changing her will to benefit the son who helped—illustrates the danger. From the story:DETECTIVES are investigating . . . . Continue Reading »
And now, a bit of news I’m excited to share: I’ve signed on as Managing Editor at Ricochet, a new online political forum coming your way in a matter of weeks. Feast your pre-launch curiosity at Facebook and Twitter . There’ll be details to follow, of course. Meanwhile, life will . . . . Continue Reading »
This was not supposed to happen. When Obamacare was rammed down the throats of the American people, proponents assured us that we didn’t know what was good for us, and moreover, that once we found out what really is in the new law, our adamant opposition would reverse in the polls. In . . . . Continue Reading »
Three cheers for Ross Douthat’s spirited defense of Benedict XVI as the uncharismatic successor who had to clean a set of messes left by his great predecessor John Paul II is heartening. Douthat writes: . . . the high-flying John Paul let scandals spread beneath his feet, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s “On the Square” article, Another Long Lent , George Weigel asks “where do things stand, two and a half weeks into what at first seemed poised to become a scandal as devastating as the Catholic Church in America’s Long Lent of eight years ago?” And . . . . Continue Reading »
Amidst other drivel in the British press today is Richard Dawkins’ and Christopher Hitchens’ effort underway to set up a legal ambush for Pope Benedict when he makes a state visit to England in September. Drawing a patently absurd comparison to Augusto Pinochet’s 1998 arrest in . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, boo-hoo: The head of the pathetic UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is warning that unless we agree to turn over our freedom and economic futures to unelected UN bureaucrats, the “process” is doomed. From the story:The United Nation process is in danger . . . . Continue Reading »
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