Silver Rosary

by Joseph Bottum

From the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, a nice silver rosary:Not show-stopping, but simple and clean, made by Vezzosi . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2009 0

How To Visualize a Trillion Dollars

by Joe Carter

(HT: Boing Boing ) . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2009 0

Inside-Out and Upside-Down About Procreation

by Wesley J. Smith

A famous line out of Gone with the Wind is, “I don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ babies!”  And that was when babies were just brought by the stork, which is to say, when they only resulted from a couple’s love or the expression of a more primal human urge.But . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2009 0

Beers at the White House

by R. R. Reno

Good for President Obama. In the aftermath of his foolish, off the cuff remarks about the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the President took some advice from police sergeant James Crowley and invited the duo to the White House for beers and a chat. Gates is still clinging to a false reading of . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

Millions of Reasons—Children Who Now Die of Malaria But Might Not If this Works Out—To Support Animal Research

by Wesley J. Smith

A vaccine has been found that is 100 percent effective in preventing malaria in mice.  From the story:A new malaria vaccine has been shown to provide 100% protection in mice. If it can approach that level in people, it could slash the toll from one of the world’s worst scourges, according . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

The Fredrikson Stallard Brush #2

by Joseph Bottum

In noting the Fredrikson Stallard Brush #1, I somehow missed the Fredrikson Stallard Brush #2—a clothes-brush, to match the #1 scrub-brush:Ah, me. Fredrikson-Stallard seems to be not a real household-goods company but a would-be hipster design house, which explains something. Or . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

The Pantheon, Noon, July 26

by David P. Goldman

Rome’s Pantheon, the only great structure of antiquity to survive intact, also is the Basilica of St. Maria ad Martires, in whose walls are interred the Savoy unifier of Italy Victorio Emanuele II and his son Umberto I. It is noon on Sunday, and perhaps a thousand tourists are gathered at . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

Return to Rome interview tonight on Pittsburgh diocese radio show, Amplify

by Francis Beckwith

T This evening I will be a guest on Fr. Ron Lengwin’s Sunday night radio program, Amplify . It is broadcast from KDKA in Pittsburgh (1020 on the AM dial). You can listen to the show from 9-11 pm EDT online here . I will be on the program to talk about my new book, Return to Rome: Confessions . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

Obama Thinks Voters Are Gullible on Health Care

by Wesley J. Smith

Secondhand Smokette (aka Debra J. Saunders) has a good column out today that makes some strong points about Obama’s pitch for health care reform.  Essentially, she writes, he’s trying to sell the voters on the ridiculous notion that more people will get better care without . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0

The Fredrikson Stallard Brush #1

by Joseph Bottum

As Terry Pratchett once remarked (thinking of the unwashed Desert Fathers), cleanliness is not often next to godliness, except in an extremely abridged dictionary.Comes, however, the Fredrikson Stallard Brush #1 to make it true:Because Christians get dirty floors, too.Rating: 0.05 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2009 0