Morbid Is No Way to Decorate, Either

by Sally Thomas

Goth it up, baby.Or, you know, not. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

The I&C Church Challenge

by Sally Thomas

Still open. Still happenin. Still where you want to be. Feel liberated to browse our current contenders for “Churches That Make People Uncomfortable,” “Desperate Churches for Desperate People,” and more! Got a church? Submit a church. Don’t see an applicable category? . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Morbid Is No Way to Dress

by Sally Thomas

Word.(Actually, I’m not making fun of this. It’s beyond sad. It’s way beyond sadder than Arlington Cemetery . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Obamacare: Example of Why Some Fear “Counseling” About End-of-Life Care Could Become “Persuasion”

by Wesley J. Smith

The Medicare “mandatory counseling” controversy in the Obamacare debate laid bare a realistic fear that compensated counseling under Medicare could easily become subtle (or not so subtle) persuasion to refuse treatment—particularly since the primary point of the clause is to cut . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Go Down, Mooses

by Joseph Bottum

A Moose Menorah:20 percent off today, because Jews need tacky stuff, too.[Rating: 9 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

When He Had Opened The Book, He Found the Place Where It Was Written

by Joseph Bottum

Now this looks nice, a bookmark from the Met in New York:[Rating: 89 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Let Their Table Be Made a Snare, and a Trap, and a Stumblingblock

by Joseph Bottum

Because Christians need coffee tables, too.[Rating: 37 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Can the Rhine pour into the Tiber ’neath the sweep of the Wittenburg door?

by Francis Beckwith

The Rev. Russell E. Saltzman has authored a remarkable essay published on First Things’ On the Square (31 July 2009), “An Ecumenical Moment for One.” A Lutheran pastor in Kansas City , the Rev. Saltzman laments his denomination’s (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Mandatory Abortion Coverage

by Joseph Bottum

The Weekly Standard reports that the Stupak-Pitts amendment has been defeated: Last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee narrowly passed the Stupak-Pitts amendment to prevent the bill from mandating that private insurance plans cover abortions, but when Chairman Henry Waxman brought the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2009 0

Defending the Bohemian

by Peter Lawler

Ted McAllister has posted my favorite porcher comment so far. The true conservative, in our day and age, defends the bohemian against bourgeois careerism and slouching toward a meritocracy based on the productivity that comes from being smart, pretty, pleasing, and industrious—as opposed to . . . . Continue Reading »

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