The Washington Post reports : The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration. The court said it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James . . . . Continue Reading »
“Real disagreement is a rare achievement, because so much of what passes for disagreement is really just confusion.” So said moderator Mary Ann Glendon (quoting John Courtney Murray) at the end of a discussion —it was pointedly and pointlessly distinguished from a debate . . . . Continue Reading »
How did a European Christian living at the end of the tenth century feel about the approaching end of the millennium? As Arthur Herman points out in his review of The Forge of Christendom , by Tom Holland, not very good: The men of the 900s, Mr. Holland notes, had good reason for feeling hopeless. . . . . Continue Reading »
My husband graduated from a Baptist high school, where the academic year was crowned not with a senior prom — no dancing allowed — but a banquet. It was a tux-and-date event, and while the tux was easy enough to come by, the date apparently was another matter altogether. When the fateful . . . . Continue Reading »
Hello? ChristianShirts.com? Whose clever idea was this? Who woke up one bright morning and thought, “I know what people want to wear to the mall! A hand impaled on a pencil, that’s what?” I mean, what are we trying to illustrate here? Jesus as more than a good teacher . . . yeah . . . . . Continue Reading »
This is terrorism for which there is no excuse: Allegedly kill someone for political reasons and then threaten that unnamed co believers will dish out more of the same to others in the targeted group. From the story:The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail . . . . Continue Reading »
Rarely does a web piece touting a bad idea prompt a lone comment in which that idea is conclusively dismissed. But sometimes . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
In Lodi, California, June Hartley helped her brother kill himself with helium and a bag. She was charged with the felony of assisting suicide but is apparently going to get another in a series of slaps on the wrists of suicide assisters in such cases. From the story:A Lodi woman who helped her . . . . Continue Reading »
The results of two studies indicate that people who are high in openness to new experience and high in neuroticism are likely to be bloggers. That from a study forwarded along to Richard Florida by Cambridge ‘personality psychologist’ Jason Rentfrow. Dig deeper, and the following . . . . Continue Reading »
This part of your post , Sally, helped me see both what I had been missing and (somewhat shamefully) what it was I was admiring about the work of Billy Collins: The thing is, though, that this isn’t really like reciting poetry. I’m not sure what these poems look like on the page, but they . . . . Continue Reading »
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