Our Lutheran readers might be interested in an upcoming retreat for clergy from the renewal group the Society of the Holy Trinity: The retreat will be September 29 - October 1, 2009, at University of ?St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein (near Chicago), ?Illinois, USA. Members of the . . . . Continue Reading »
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer weigh in on the great health reform debate in USA Today . Beyond the “un American” accusation being widely discussed throughout the blogosphere and on talk radio, thar’s mendacity in them thar hills. Learn more over . . . . Continue Reading »
I admit that I am not a fan of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the hypocrisy and mendacity of her USA Today column about health care reform (co-authored with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer) is beyond her usual low standards. Time to parse. From their column:Americans have been waiting for nearly a . . . . Continue Reading »
No wonder we’re dying out : Nobody likes going to the dentist, but redheads may have good reason. A growing body of research shows that people with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia and often are resistant to local pain blockers like Novocaine. As a result, redheads tend to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval Levin continues to be the leading conservative commentator on all things related to healthcare. Here he explains that the inevitability of a systemic overhaul (meaning nationalization) of our healthcare industry has been frustrated by the actual concerns of voting citizens and the heavy . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest edition of First Things , Reuven Brenner has a must-read article on our current fiscal predicament : Fundamentals seem to cluster in foursomes. Classical alchemy had four elements, and classical medicine had four humors. Though it’s neither alchemy nor medicine, economics, . . . . Continue Reading »
A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Expenditures on Children by Families , finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2008 can expect to spend about $221,190 ($291,570 when adjusted for inflation) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as a sort of baptized feng shui would get to me, too, after a while, I think. This cruciform decorating mania of Jody’s reminds me somehow of a day I spent in Little Walsingham years ago. This Norfolk village, as you may or may not recall, rejoices in the title of “England’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s Spengler essay at “Asia Times Online” addresses the decline of Arab Christianity and the causes of the extreme rancor that Arab Christians often express towards the Jewish State. (Note: The blurb makes it seem as if I am attacking Israel — quite the opposite. It . . . . Continue Reading »
It is amazing how our betters in Congress hate being petitioned by their constituents about a health care bill that could ruin our medical system. And Speaker Pelosi calls people like the doctor in this story who dared to ask his Congressman a question, “Un American.” No, unbelievable. . . . . Continue Reading »
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