Month April 2013
The great Peter Kreeft of Boston College explains it all brilliantly: *subhead*Great.*subhead*
You have got to watch this. This. Is. Beautiful. Deadspin reports: Teddy Kremer is a 30-year-old man with Down Syndrome, and he developed a bond with the Reds last summer, when he took a turn as the team’s batboy. Last… Continue Reading →
It turns out that Japanese people like Christian weddings but not all that Christianity. So what needs to be done? Fake priests. I guess they’re kinda’ like Unitarians but without being so serious. News reports show: Christians make up only… Continue Reading →
The New York Times published a piece that wondered exactly why religious people live longer by a professor from the University of Stanford: ONE of the most striking scientific discoveries about religion in recent years is that going to church… Continue Reading →
When attacking ninjas the biggest mistake attackers make is attacking one at a time. This is not a mistake these two young women make when they both attempt to kiss-bomb Fox reporter Mike Tobin on the air. The two also… Continue Reading →
Commencement speakers tell newly minted graduates may things but rarely do they mention the most important thing. I try to remedy that. Please give my piece at the Register a read and share it iy you like it. For reasons… Continue Reading →
OK. OK. The last time director Martin Scorsese made a film about religion it didn’t work out all that well but this film called “Silence” looks promising. Indie Wire reports: It’s an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s book about two 17th… Continue Reading →
When I was a reporter in Philly, the Ira Einhorn extradition story was huge. When I started I remember looking into the database of archived stories and being shocked that Einhorn was pretty much THE go-to guy for quotes about… Continue Reading →
*subhead*Time for society to catch up.*subhead* It is as inevitable as the passing of time. Once there is a new pope, the world begins to wonder when the Catholic Church is going to leave its “medieval thinking” behind and join… Continue Reading →
We’re told not to jump to conclusions about the motives behind the Marathon bombing although there are many indications that it was because they had been newly radicalized in Islam. It seems to me that America’s willing to wait for… Continue Reading →