Well, What Do You Know …

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Happiness really is contagious! . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Beware the Doghouse

by Keith Pavlischek

To the younger First Things readers, especially the men: If you are tempted to get your wife, or fiancée, or girlfriend something “practical” for Christmas, you probably should pause and take a look at this rather funny video on how to stay out of the doghouse. While . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Revolving Door Journalism: From "Reporting" to Shilling

by Wesley J. Smith

My good pal Ralph Nader often has complained of the “revolving door” between government regulators and legislators and the big corporations that are subject to regulation, giving the corporations, in his view (to which I subscribe), undue influence over their own oversite.But the same . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

When Science (and media) Becomes Ideology We All Lose

by Wesley J. Smith

This blog doesn’t deal with global warming per se, but it does worry about the corrupting influences on science and media exerted by ideology. Mostly, we have deconstructed this problem in the area of biotechnology. But the corruption has permeated the physical sciences, too, most particularly . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

The Dirty, Dark Secret of Prop 8 Donors

by Amanda Shaw

A CA reader passes along this link—an online search engine , hosted by SF Gate and the San Francisco Chronicle , which enables readers, at the click of a mouse, to find donors for and against CA’s gay-marriage ban. It’s a tidy piece of technology in many ways, compiling information . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Niederauer Speaks Out

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

On Wednesday, Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Fransisco issued his first extensive statement on the passage of Proposition 8 in California: Some would say that, in light of the separation of church and state, churches should remain silent about any political matter. However, religious . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Feral Hogs!

by Stefan McDaniel

Basically I’m a country boy, but the city sure has its merits . . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Tidings of Healing and Joy

by Amanda Shaw

As Ryan Anderson and Joseph Bottum discussed in the November issue (subscription required), embryonic stem cells have been flaunted, for the past decade, as the key to unlocking the miracle cure, the source of the fountain of youth. But with last year’s stem-cell breakthroughs, scientists (if . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2008 0

Baby You Can Drive My Car

by Nathaniel Peters

From the “All Things to All People Department,” I give you the Paschal Mystery Machine . . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2008 0

A Church and a Conversion Call For Obama

by Keith Pavlischek

In ” A Church for the Obamas ” Sally Quinn thinks the president-elect and his family should attend Washington National Cathedral. “Washington National Cathedral,” declares Quinn, “transcends politics and even the separation of religions. Though nominally an Episcopal . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2008 0