Not long ago, and I’m sure you remember it as if it were yesterday, I wrote about my search for the perfect prayer book. Help Help Help, &c. Well, God and reader Ed P. have heard my cry. Ed P. writes: . . . I commend to your consideration the “Monastic Diurnal” published by . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you spot the differences between these two news stories? Associated Press (Aug 6): “ Psychologists Reject Gay ‘Therapy’ ” The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through . . . . Continue Reading »
My essay on Heine and Dante (in fact, on idealized love for Beatrice vs Herodias) appears on the main First Things website this morning. Heinrich Heine remains my moral compass, not because he got everything right (he got many things hideously wrong until the very end of his life) but because he . . . . Continue Reading »
An article in the Chicago Tribune seems to be using the power of empathy and emotion about the plight of a very ill illegal alien to convey the message that the undocumented should also be covered by Obamacare. And get this, . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Get Religion , Terry Mattingly notes an exceptional interview with Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu—exceptional for the way it portrays his faith in an honest and thoughtful way. A sample: If Paisios [Polamalu’s son] had the calling to become an Orthodox priest and not a . . . . Continue Reading »
In an op-ed piece published on August 10 in USA Today , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer write that “drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.” In a speech delivered in Virginia on August 7, President Barack Obama said this : “I don’t want . . . . Continue Reading »
A storm’s a’ brewin in the mommy blogosphere: With book deals, TV appearances and thousands of readers, moms who detail every moment of their domestic lives online produce some of the Web’s most well-read blogs. Many of these “mommy bloggers” even draw the attention of . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest column , Bill McGurn looks at the Obama administration’s unwillingness to entertain debate on healthcare reform: “President Obama says that both sides agree we need to lower costs, promote choice and provide coverage for every American,” says Grace-Marie Turner, . . . . Continue Reading »
As we rush into another week of blogging, posting, texting, and tweeting, consider David Ulin on “the lost art of reading” : Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being. We possess the books . . . . Continue Reading »
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