Sen. Spector Announces Gender Switch
by David P. GoldmanWashington, April 29 — Sen. Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania today announced that he will change gender, in addition to changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.“Our polls indicate that Democratic voters in Pennsylvania thought they were voting for an ‘Arlene . . . . Continue Reading »
The Sunday Comics at Secondhand Smoke
by Wesley J. SmithIt’s a little hard to see but the little man at the left, who failed to sell the tonsils, is saying, “I guess I should have gone with the appendix.” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Laughter of the Philosophers
by David Bentley HartHumor receives finitude as a gift, conscious of the suffering intrinsic to human existence, but capable of transcendence. . . . . Continue Reading »
What's So Funny
by Dermot QuinnThe Morality of Laughter by f. h. buckleyuniversity of michigan press. 239 pp. $29.95 Football, a famously dour Scotsman once remarked, is not a question of life and death: “It’s more important than that.” The same might be said, with greater justice, of humor. A vast literature, growing by . . . . Continue Reading »
“I Am the Very Model of a Modern Vicar-P’rochial”
by Mike AquilinaV-P:I am the very model of a modern Vicar-P’rochial. I’ve schooling theological, from Curran to Ezekial. I know the Code of Canon Law, and know which lines are optional for dear dissenting brethren, Manichean or adoptional. From seminars I’ve learned to be more challenging and quizzical, more . . . . Continue Reading »
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