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by Stefan McDanielFirst Things is pretty cool, but The Onion is quite simply the greatest magazine in America. . . . . Continue Reading »
“I Wish I Could Just Give Her the Medal Right Now.”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoAs you may have noticed by now, I’ve turned into quite the Olympics junkie. I just can’t get enough of the stuff. This morning I wrote about the Brit who won a gold medal in sailing by purposefully delaying his closest competitor. Last week, we heard the story of Oksana Chusovitina, who . . . . Continue Reading »
Love in the Afternoon
by Stefan McDanielHeavy-handed didacticism is the great danger that all religious artists must fear, because it compromises art and renders faith no great service. Our beloved Flannery O’Connor avoided this danger admirably. In most of her stories, ‘Christianity’ is either absent or repulsive, yet . . . . Continue Reading »
“At the end of the day there can only be one winner.”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoLast night, Britain’s Paul Goodison took home a gold medal in men’s sailing. At least on paper, there can be no doubt that he deserved to win. As the Wall Street Journal reports , however, his strategy in the final race could hardly be described as Olympian: Brit Paul Goodison entered . . . . Continue Reading »
Whence Anti-Americanism?
by Stefan McDanielBritain has long been a reliable ally of the United States, but Britons are far from immune to the anti-Americanism that pervades Europe. Many patriotic Americans are likely to think that this attitude must come from some combination of envy and wrongheaded ideology, but a poll commissioned by . . . . Continue Reading »
Verdi Requiem in Memory of Pavarotti
by Nathaniel PetersOn Thursday, September 18, at 5:00 PM, the Metropolitan Opera will put on Verdi’s Requiem in honor of the first anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti’s death on September 6, 2007. James Levine will conduct the Met’s orchestra and chorus, with Barbara Frittoli, soprano, Olga Borodina, . . . . Continue Reading »
Gay Twist on Medical Conscience Issue
by Wesley J. SmithThis is a new angle on the right of patients to demand treatment and when doctors can say no. This time it involves a religious objection to providing artificial insemination for a lesbian.The doctor believed it was immoral to help a homosexual get pregnant and refused to participate, but referred . . . . Continue Reading »
Sir Nils Olav
by Nathaniel PetersI can’t find it now, but I remember an article in the Economist a few years ago arguing that chivalric honors were useful to have because they gave governments a harmless way to honor people without, say, giving them actual responsibilities and powers. They also are pretty silly. England has . . . . Continue Reading »
Link-of-the-Day
by Amanda ShawMuch has been written on Alexander Solzhenitsyn over the last few weeks, but Harvey Mansfield’s reflections on the pointed Harvard speech , from the current issue of the Weekly Standard , are not to be missed. Some highlights: In perhaps the most interesting and original of . . . . Continue Reading »
“Jesus no longer saved … George Bush did.”
by Keith PavlischekOver at The New Republic , Alan Wolfe has some nice things to say about Rick Warren. But then, he gets hysterical: Even as recently as the Jimmy Carter presidency, evangelicals put God before party. But starting with the Reagan years, they increasingly reversed their priorities. Jesus no longer . . . . Continue Reading »
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