Feb
21
Let’s Hope Abortionists Are Next
February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Apparently The American Society of Anesthesiologists is considering sanctions for members who participate in state-sponsored executions. (The jury is still out, apparently, on voluntary self-executions.) Since I oppose the death penalty myself, I am not unsympathetic to the two anesthesiologists in California who refused to participate in an execution there today, but the enforcement of [...]
Feb
21
And Still No Reference to An Examined Life
February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There may not be a Catholic Blog Award for biggest sidebar, but if there were I. Shawn McElhinney would win it hands down for the sidebar at Rerum Novarum. That has got to be the longest sidebar list on the planet. Not that I’m jealous, mind you: I’ve always heard that it’s not the length [...]
Feb
19
Real Life
February 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I keep popping back over to Jennifer’s blog, Confessions of a Wayward Catholic, filled with wonder and awe at God’s grace and her courage. Her blog first came to my attention last September, when this crappy little blog was just getting under way and I needed a little inspiration. I noticed that she was contemplating [...]
Feb
19
Verbum in Verbis
February 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment
In a post not too long ago I discussed some of my preferences regarding English translations of the Scriptures. If you thought that post was painfully pedantic, wait until you read this one (if anyone actually reads it). This post is about my preferences regarding Latin translations of the Scriptures and, yes, I do have [...]
Feb
19
Scientism Takes a Hit
February 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There is a very nice review in today’s New York Times of Daniel Dennett’s recent book, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Leon Wieseltier is very smart–it’s not all that often that a reviewer proves himself to be much smarter than the author he’s reviewing, but when it happens it can be delicious. [...]
Feb
17
Best Non-Catholic Blog
February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Brian Leiter, Academic Thug. You have to know Leiter to appreciate what a fabulous blog this really is. If you don’t know Leiter, count yourself lucky.
Feb
17
Tending the Garden
February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A thoughtful, and thought-provoking, post at Flos Carmeli on the modalities affected by the pursuits in which we engage. I was particularly drawn to this bit:
Being Christian means that all of our actions are drawn into the Christian realm. Everything we do affects the community of the body of Christ. Our sinfulness, our oversights, affect [...]
Feb
17
Also Not Nominated
February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I was a little surprised to find that Cardinal Schönborn has a website and blog now, just as the quondam Cardinal Ratzinger had/has one. The difference is that Chris Blosser’s monument to our Holy Father was initiated years ago, while this one appears to have been started only last December. Right around the time that [...]
Feb
17
Out of the Loop
February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
You know your blog has a small readership when a moribund one (Ad Limina Apostolorum) gets nominated for a Catholic Blog Award but yours doesn’t. I didn’t even make it into the “Most Bizarre Blog” category, where I would have thought I had a major advantage, given my general overall bizarreness.
On the other hand, I [...]
Feb
17
On Mischaracterizations
February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Michael Gazzaniga has written extensively on the neurosciences, and for those of us who study philosophy of mind and cognitive science his is a well-known and widely respected voice. That’s why his recent OpEd piece in the New York Times comes as something of a disappointment. There he writes that President Bush’s statement in the [...]
