You’ve all read What Truths We Hold , haven’t you? An important piece by Fr. Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., the former president and current chancellor of Gonzaga University in Spokane: The president says: “We must find a way to live together.” All the while, the infant in the . . . . Continue Reading »
No one thought it would succeed. Even the executive producer doubted that an “American Idol-style competition for dancers” would work on television. Dance may be, as German musicologist Curt Sachs claimed, the “mother of the arts” but it has always been considered a highbrow form with . . . . Continue Reading »
I have very slightly paraphrased—left out a “the”—an essay by Terry Mattingly on the sometimes tense relationship between ethnic Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox Christian) and converts (mostly from evangelical and mainstream Protestant churches). The tendrils of the story are long . . . . Continue Reading »
A bill in Congress would outlaw invasive medical research on chimpanzees. This is folly. Chimps are highly intelligent and social creatures, and we should not use them in research blithely. But chimps are the closest genetically to humans in the natural world, meaning that in limited circumstances . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama does not know what he is talking about on health care. During last night’s press conference, he both accused physicians of performing unnecessary surgery because of the money—which if true, his reforms wouldn’t fix—and exhibited a profound cluelessness . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama’s attack on the alleged venality of physicians last night was both unwarranted and boneheaded at the same time. Here is what he said: Right now, doctors a lot of times are forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that’s out there. ... The . . . . Continue Reading »
So here we are at my mother’s house, where we’ve been visiting with very great pleasure for the last ten days. We don’t have a television at home, so whenever we’re here, the children spend a lot of time catching up on all the PBS Kids programming they miss the rest of the . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . are seeking alms. The Anchoress has more information . . . . . Continue Reading »
Americans United for Life and several prominent pro-life leaders are hosting a 70-minute webcast discussing the abortion mandate implicit in the Obama administration’s health care plan. Find out more and listen in here . For more background, today’s Washington Post offers a good . . . . Continue Reading »
In his new book, The New Shape of World Christianity , historian Mark Noll provides some intriguing—and, for those of us in the West, sobering—facts about the state of the faith around the globe: This past Sunday it is possible that more Christian believers attended church in China than . . . . Continue Reading »
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