A couple of months ago, assistant editor Nathaniel Peters linked to an article in the Atlantic which made the disturbing suggestion that what you are doing right now is making you stupider. Nathaniel didn’t think that he, at least, had suffered much: Since coming to First Things, I’ve . . . . Continue Reading »
I have spoken before about my friend, Manolo the Shoe Blogger . Well, I call him my friend, though, in fact, we’ve only exchanged emails. But he is a brilliant writer who has established, for his blogging, the faux voice of an Italian fashion obsessive whose English is much worse than he . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of the train , Stefan, I’m new to the city, which means there are a lot of things I need to learn before I can start getting from here to there without scratching my head a few times. Of course, one of the first hurdles I’ve had to overcome was navigating the sprawling MTA . . . . Continue Reading »
Most people I interact with, whatever their stated moral views, seem so basically sane, sensible, and decent that I’ve lately begun to wonder whether cultural conservatives exaggerate when they proclaim a national decline into everlasting adolescence. But then again, no. While waiting for the . . . . Continue Reading »
The drive to instill Futile Care Theory is back in high gear after a bit of a respite. But here’s a pleasant surprise: One Eric Gampel, a bioethicist from California State University, Chico, pushes back against the concept of imposing “professional autonomy” in the futile care . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been waiting for this: Spain’s government may be the most radical in the free world, controlled as it is by Socialists and Greens. It is personalizing fauna by preparing to legalize the Great Ape Project, and has pursued other agendas on the progressive agenda with vigor. Yet, so far, . . . . Continue Reading »
Song For Our Lady’s Assumption As the tower of David art thou, O Mary, And in thee there is no flaw, How beautiful and lovely art thou in the adorning, And the odor of thy ointments Is like the fragarance of Libanus, Above all perfume . . . . Like a dove brooding over swelling waters, Like . . . . Continue Reading »
If you read On the Square with any regularity (which I am sure you do) you are probably familiar with the thoughtful and instructive writings of Denver’s Bishop Charles Chaput . This past Tuesday saw the release of the Bishop’s new book, Render Unto Caesar , which tackles the . . . . Continue Reading »
With the Swiss declaring “plant rights” and castigating the “decapitation” of wild flowers, it was only a matter of time before these ideas came to San Francisco. I can’t prove it yet, but the evidence is beginning to come in. In this morning’s Leah Garchick . . . . Continue Reading »
A belated note about fine reporting in the Boston Globe back in June: Alex Beam’s “Grave Schism on the Death Beat,” an account of the rival factions in the International Association of Obituarists. This year, the splinter group will meet in Toronto, while “the . . . . Continue Reading »
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