The 50th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who, BBC’s quirky Science Fiction series whose main character can regenerate with new actors, was celebrated with a special episode simulcast around the world, which came on here in the colonies at 2:50 ET. The episode
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy, and Aldous Huxley. The curious conjunction of the death of these three individuals (a Christian apologist, an American president, and a speculative novelist), with their different cultural contributions and different
One of the unsettling details in the Chronicles of Narnia is that Susan, one of the original four children who stumble into the wardrobe, does not go into Aslan’s country at the conclusion of the series. She is apparently an apostate, who came to prefer
Aldous Huxley, who died on this date 50 years ago along with C. S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy, was the author of Brave New World. The other great dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell offers many lessons about totalitarianism and state tyranny. But the
The Chaplain of the U. S. House of Representatives, Father Daniel Coughlin, says that President John F. Kennedy taught him how to pray and speak of faith in the public arena. See President Kennedy’s Gift of Language and the Art of Prayer. The man, for
Another in our series of posts about what it’s like to live without the freedoms that we Americans often take for granted (see also this and this.): A story on why Germans are so upset about NSA eavesdropping gives some chilling details about what life
As Obamacare goes, says Charles Krauthammer, so goes the fate of what he calls “transformational liberalism.” The problems and unintended consequences of the former, he says, may discredit what has been the driving ideology of the Democrats. (more…)
The U. S. Postal Service is coming out with a Harry Potter stamp. Never mind that there is nothing American about Harry Potter. And never mind that the stamp is just a shot from the movie, with no particular artistic design. And that the committee
A high school coach in Arkansas has developed a new football strategy: His team never punts. And he always employs the on-side kick. Coach Kevin Kelley developed these tactics from a study of football statistics; though the team often gives up the ball on downs,
Get ready for a major push to restrict internet gambling–a major lobbying effort, political arm-twisting, and public service ads on how internet gambling hurts children and the poor. The irony: All of this anti-gambling sentiment is being stirred up by a billionaire casino owner who
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