“HOW CAN I MOURN WHAT I DON’T BELIEVE EXISTED?”: A sad story on mourning a miscarriage in Buddhist Japan, from the NYT Magazine. [Read more...]

“HEY, MR. BARRY, ARRRHHH…”: Dude, that drunk guy was about as clear-headed as Marion “Can’t Stop the Rock” Barry in this NYT Mag interview. Could he get re-elected today? I wouldn’t bet against it. Resentment is a powerful thing. Sigh, groan, mutter. Anyway, the interview is funny, in a sick way. [Read more...]

UPDATES ON WEEKEND PROTESTS: 1) Apparently a Hezbollah flag was also waved in front of the White House. Compare this picture with this one. Cute, no? 2) Yesterday, I couldn’t remember which posters our “All suicide bombers are terrorists!” poster was responding to. Fortunately, either CNN or the Washington Post saw the same signs we [Read More...]

I watch your blogs and all at once the sparks go flying… James Haney: Excellent, must-read post comparing Palestine and Northern Ireland, from the 1970s to the present. Emily Stimpson: “Bad priests, rotting in the dungheap of an unchaste life…” Words of wisdom from the past. Unqualified Offerings: Good post on all the bloggers who [Read More...]

“She’s got something on her conscience, but what woman hasn’t?” –Raymond Massey about Joan Bennett, “The Woman in the Window” [Read more...]

“O LOVING MADMAN! Was it not enough for Thee to become incarnate, that Thou must also die?” That’s my St. Anselm quote on his feast day. Here’s Emily Stimpson’s. [Read more...]

For there are brighter sides to blogs And I should know, because I’ve watched them But not often … Brink Lindsey: Alaska is the new Venezuela. Geoffrey Nunberg: Yet more on lack of (a certain kind of) media bias. And Zonitics promises a response at some future point. Dave Tepper: Atlas Shrugged (Dance Remix). This [Read More...]

ST. MARY’S, NEW HAVEN: Next weekend, I’ll be returning to New Haven, CT, where I spent many a dawn hour arguing about consequentialism and agrarianism and how it stands with Being. New Haven is also where I was baptized and confirmed. I love returning to St. Mary’s Church, and reading Amy Welborn this afternoon brought [Read More...]

QUESTIONS FOR ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTERS: A while back, the Libertarian Samizdata types compiled a list of questions about corporate hegemony and whatnot. I only copied out the ones I liked, so this isn’t the full list. But as the helicopters continue to patrol the DC skies, I figure I’ll post the ones I’ve got. You all [Read More...]

REPORT FROM THE ANTI-ISRAEL/GLOBALIZATION RALLY: Shamed, Sara and I refused to schlep out to the rally before noon. We missed the worst excesses of the crowd, like the flag-burnings and the little girl in a coffin. You should read Radley Balko’s more comprehensive report here, which captures both the ridiculous and the disgusting sides of [Read More...]