One of the joys of living in New York City has been discovering just how many concerts and shows you can see for $20—35. This week’s New Yorker features an article on some of the ways one can do just that. From $20 tickets at the Met to free organ music in churches, it gives practical . . . . Continue Reading »
The savy fourteen-year-old was discovered after spending five hours with another officer on a traffic assignment. At least he was trying to emulate the good guys. . . . . Continue Reading »
You see, people are the problem with the economy. They just keep getting in the way. . . . . Continue Reading »
Those in the New York area may want to attend Robert Wilken’s St. Thomas Day Lecture at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer at 66th and Lexington on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00 PM. Prof. Wilken will be speaking on Thomas Aquinas’ interpretation of Paul’s Letter to the Romans. For . . . . Continue Reading »
Last Thursday a group of scholars led by Princeton’s Robert George launched ” The Moral Accountability Project ,” an attempt to hold pro-Obama social conservatives accountable for their actions: The Moral Accountability Project trusts that those self-identified pro-life and . . . . Continue Reading »
Excellent news! Thanks largely to the growing demand from China, says The Economist , exports of single malt scotch are booming. As I’ve long argued, scotch is a sine qua non of any truly humanistic global culture (and could do much to secure perpetual peace). . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “If [the revocation of the Mexico City policy] is one of the first acts of President Obama, with all due respect, it seems to me that the path towards disappointment will have been very short.” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Italian Jewish community is divided over relations with Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church, reports the veteran Vatican-watcher Sandro Magister at his website . In a January 14 post I reported on the Italian rabbis’ decision to boycott the annual Catholic-Jewish relations day scheduled . . . . Continue Reading »
Two states have had assisted suicide bills introduced; Hawaii and New Hampshire. Hawaii’s law requires a suicide “monitor” to be present at the death—which in practice would often be an assisted suicide ideologue, such as the “counselors” who work with Compassion . . . . Continue Reading »
A correspondent—who is a disability rights activist—alerted me to SB 1142, a proposal in Virginia to overhaul its law concerning advance directives. There are several things in the bill that concern me, but she wrote worrying that it would open the door to experimenting on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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