Feb
28
Shriving about Shrove Tuesday
February 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I confess that I hate Mardi Gras–please don’t hate me. I woke up this morning to a story on NPR about the goings-on in New Orleans, and the so-called “Rex” was on-air declaring that this is a time “given over to pleasure”. That sounds about right: for most people Mardi Gras is all about hedonistic [...]
Feb
27
Great Ball Handling
February 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
You’ve got to watch this to believe it.
Feb
24
Dangerous Fiction
February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There’s an interesting interview with Mark Shea available from Zenit. The topic of the interview is Mark’s book, The Da Vinci Deception, co-authored with Edward (Ted) Sri (published by Ascension Press; when it’s released on 28 February it will be available from Amazon.com). Mark is a great apologist (Sri, an assistant professor at Benedictine College [...]
Feb
24
Who Are These People?
February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I listened with some (morbid) fascination to the exchange of words between London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Evening Standard reporter Oliver Finegold. I suppose it’s safe to say that Jews around the world are not going to start bombing British embassies or rioting in the streets, even though the Mayor’s remarks are arguably as offensive [...]
Feb
24
Red (Hat) China
February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The Catholic News Service reports today on the appointment of Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun as cardinal. This is good news in two ways. First it is good that the Chinese Catholic population–now over 12 million strong–has better representation in the Curia (the only other Chinese Cardinal, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, is 82 years old [...]
Feb
23
Logos en Logois
February 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’ve posted on English versions of the Scriptures, and on Latin versions. I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually decide that I had to say something about Greek, since I’m nothing if not anal-retentive.
The text of the Greek New Testament that I think is the best while also being readily available and affordable, [...]
Feb
22
Sideshow Bob
February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It looks like there’s a chance that there will be another actively gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. Robert Taylor, dean of St. Marks Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, is one of five finalists for bishop in the Diocese of California, according to a story in the Seattle Times. Although some would say that such a [...]
Feb
21
Ars Gratia Artis
February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Mark Shea needs a new hobby.
Feb
21
Why We May Lose Still
February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The story in today’s New York Times about the upcoming partial-birth abortion case in the SCOTUS may seem to some a hopeful sign–at least cases like this are still getting that far. But one reason for worry has less to do with who’s sitting on the bench than with who’s sitting in the classroom. In [...]
Feb
21
Power to the People
February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I would like to thank the Arts and Sciences Faculty of Harvard University for giving hope to those of us in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Ohio University.