A little while ago I wrote here at SHS decrying amoral Trade reviews given to a new book called Larry’s Kidney, in which a man and his Cousin Larry go to China for a little biological colonialism to buy the aforementioned Larry a kidney—no doubt obtained from killing a prisoner (perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »
Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking . . . . Continue Reading »
About two years ago I wrote a piece for First Things about the perils to human exceptionalism. It must have been a good piece, because it was copied verbatim and published today over at a site called Living Text of Sociology, under what appears to be the name of one Thad Reisen Edison. At the . . . . Continue Reading »
In Jasper Fforde’s charming alternate history The Eyre Affair , England in the 1980s is a place where hardcore literature fans change their name to John Milton, roving gangs of surrealists rumble with French impressionists, and “Baconians” go door-to-door like Jehovah . . . . Continue Reading »
From the New Liturgical Movement comes the news that ten sisters in an Anglican convent in Baltimore will be received into the Catholic Church, with two of their fellow sisters remaining Anglican. The reaction of many upon hearing such news is probably, “So who are these Anglicans with their . . . . Continue Reading »
Since devoutly religious Jews are restricted when surfing the web (they may stumble across sexually explicit material), an Israeli company has developed a new kosher search engine for Hebrew-speaking Orthodox Jews. Koogle —a play on the name of a Jewish noodle pudding dish, known as kugel, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Anyone who has read my stuff in the past knows I’m not a fan of the fantasy genre . The minute I see that any story features dwarfs gamboling in the heath, guys in pointy hats wielding black magic (be they wizards or bishops), unicorns, faeries, glow-in-the-dark rings, quibbles, certified . . . . Continue Reading »
(Hat tip: Dale Price ) A post at Hot Air reports on a study indicating that sex-selective methods of birth control are becoming more prevalent in the U.S., resulting in the birth of fewer girls. No doubt one of the reasons behind the introduction of the Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglas . . . . Continue Reading »
A murder trial is all the rage in France: A French woman repeatedly killed her newborn babies. From the story:Véronique Courjault, by her own admission, smothered the two babies after giving birth to them secretly in Seoul, the first in 2002 and the second in 2003. She also has . . . . Continue Reading »
Drudge is reporting that ABC News will push Obama Health Care from the White House and exclude all critical voices. No wonder media are on life support. More details and analysis at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
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