A novel solution to the economic crisis: Perhaps the most unexpected beneficiaries of same-sex marriage will be state economies. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) reports that extending marriage to gay couples brings tourism, spending on weddings and licensing fees. Same-sex marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
Bonnie Erbe at US News and World Report : It’s no tragedy: it’s a good decision. The decision benefits society in two ways. It allows the couple to focus more time, energy and resources on their three children, giving each child a better life and a better chance of growing up to . . . . Continue Reading »
Great news: We have previously had human trials in which patients were weaned off of insulin with adult stem cells. Now, another study with newly diagnosed diabetes patients has achieved a similar success: And, it is written up in the Journal of the American Medical Association. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Twitterers and bloggers beware : Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say. New findings show that the streams of information provided by social networking . . . . Continue Reading »
Thank heaven for the Rosary CompanionTalking Rosary.And they say it’s the perfect First Communion gift.Now that we’re feeling better, everybody sing!via Janet C. Many thanks for sending along this true curiosity[Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
I shouldn’t be surprised by anything the MSM does today in boosting social outlaws into cultural icons. For example, when Jack Kevorkian was at the top of his deadly game—even offering extracted kidneys from a disabled assisted suicide victim for transplant in a news . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a nice surprise. A professional site called Online MBA Guide has named SHS one among the “50 Best Business Ethics Blogs.” We weigh in at #45. Thanks MBA . . . . Continue Reading »
Two days later, the online retailer explains that it was an accident caused by a glitch starting in France and is working to correct the problem. But it was two days too late. Bloggers and authors came out swinging—“Amazon is selling discrimination,” screams one headline. Petitions . . . . Continue Reading »
My freshman year of college I first encountered the Regina Coeli from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana , sung after Mass on Easter Sunday in place of the Angelus. The Regina Coeli lasts only a few seconds, however, before a rollicking Easter hymn begins: Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto. . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, so you can’t actually buy this. But it is kind of neat, in a Scando-innovative way.Hello? Lego?(via Strange Herring) . . . . Continue Reading »
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