Month April 2012

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, my sister Mary and her husband attempt to learn something from the real love story of The Titanic. It’s irreverent a bit but also funny and touching. Check… Continue Reading →

With a recent lengthy discussion here in the comments about genetics and intelligence, I thought Creative Minority readers would be interested in a new study that looked at how good genetics is at predicting disease. Researchers at Johns Hopkins looked… Continue Reading →

The editors of Commonweal want you to know that they’re all for religious liberty but (and this is a big “but”) they believe the bishops are behaving in too partisan a manner and are actually hurting the struggle for religious… Continue Reading →

When the special prosecutor in the Trayvon case declined to put evidence before a grand jury, I knew that Zimmerman would be charged. It was clear to me that the prosecutor did not want to take the chance of a… Continue Reading →

April 15th is an unpleasant day in the United States and we await its arrival with dread. But in Rome and in Écône, Switzerland and around the world thousands upon thousands look upon the 15th with fear and hope all… Continue Reading →

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, who said that Ann Romney never worked a day in her life is out with one of those apologies that doesn’t actually sound anything like an apology. Seriously, if one of my kids apologized like this… Continue Reading →

If 2 drinks can do this, imagine what 10 could do!!! Drinking alcohol may enhance a person’s problem solving skills, according to a new study. Scientists found that men who either drank two pints of beer or two glasses of… Continue Reading →