Once, our own Jim Ceaser summoned forth an evocative dialogue between Con and Pomocon . The drama hinged on how compatible were the two concerning those Three A’s — affectation, authenticity, and authority. Though their subtle advances and defenses could never be mistaken for the likes . . . . Continue Reading »
This is subtle, but I think, very alarming. The Family Caregiver Alliance touts itself as a resource for people providing care for family members and others. From its “End of Life Choices” published on the FGA Web site:Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) seeks to improve the quality of life . . . . Continue Reading »
Cynthia L. Haven , a literary critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and a regular contributor to the Washington Post Book World, the Times Literary Supplement , and other journals sends along this note about The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler , the television movie airing on Sunday on CBS: . . . . Continue Reading »
The move comes only a day after Governor Paterson sat in the front row at Archbishop Dolan’s installation mass. In his sermon, Dolan said that “not only the Resurrection but the cross , the dying, of Christ goes on . . . as the Church is ridiculed for her teaching on the sanctity of . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK’s medical war against the elderly (especially the frail) seems undeniable. First, there was age-based rationing at the NHS. Then, a nurse whistle blower lost her nursing license for publicly telling the truth about elder neglect at a hospital. Now, the British Medical Journal reveals . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year young Benedict XVI fans were treated to Joseph and Chico , an inside look at the early life of the Holy Father—through the eyes of his tabby cat. Now, we have Part II: Max and Benedict , a bird’s eye view of Ratzinger’s Vatican life—through the eyes of a blue thrush. . . . . Continue Reading »
Brian Boyd at The American Scholar fawns over Darwinian natural selection and its ability to create purpose in the universe: Does evolution by natural selection rob life of purpose, as so many have feared? The answer is no. On the contrary, Charles Darwin has made it possible to understand how . . . . Continue Reading »
A picture, even a school yearbook picture, can be surprisingly prophetic. Fr. Neuhaus’ Lutheran seminary snapshot, for example, shows a confident young man gazing determinately out from behind a friend’s scrawled “Pope.” The scribbler, perhaps, was on to something. Now, from . . . . Continue Reading »
Has any woman ever sought holy orders purely on the grounds of having read and loved Jane Eyre?Clergy CoutureWhat do you call this kind of thing, anyway? My husband suggests the term frossock. [Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
Even your little baby girl. [Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
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