INFANT BLOGWATCH: Julian Sanchez replies re baby-killing. I’ve only had time to skim this; for now, at least, Sanchez gets the last word. I’ll return to the fray later, possibly. Read more

SUNDAY MORNING: Recently read the apostolic letter Dies Domini (On Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy). Good stuff. Some characteristic JPII touches–lots and lots and lots of citations of the Second Vatican Council (this pope always makes it crystal clear that he sees his job as clarifying and extending, not rejecting, the council); a strong emphasis on the millennium and the philosophical study of history; and a significant amount of quotations and insights from Jewish thinkers. Anyway, maybe I’ll blog about... Read more

GIVING THE LIE to the statement, “You won’t have Marshal Tito to kick around anymore!” (Link via The Rat.) Read more

OUR DEVICES STILL ARE OVERTHROWN: InstaPundit links to this tribute to Charlton Heston’s acting skills. I suppose this is the time to confess one of my less pleasant moments. I really disliked Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” movie–I thought Ophelia was directed very poorly, Branagh couldn’t handle the soliloquies (neither could Mel Gibson, whose “Hamlet” was on balance the better movie; at least Gibson didn’t jump around as much as Branagh), and the whole thing felt very choppy and incoherent. But one... Read more

“When I’m sitting here with you, I don’t even think about slime people….” –Hero to heroine, “The Slime People” Read more

Uh, what’s happening CC? They still call it the White House But that’s a temporary condition, too. Can you dig it, blogwatch? (Continuing the local theme.) Amptoons: Good post on men and responsibility. Ginger, go read this! (Update: Maybe she has.) Stuart Buck: Supreme Court shenanigans on the right; interesting comments-box fight about one variant on the Argument (for God) from Order. Chickpea Eater’s Bookblog: Much stuff, from Carmelite spirituality (does it exist?) to Richard Epstein to consciousness. Mobius Strip:... Read more

MIXED METAPHOR ALERT!: From that DC post below: “…one of the reasons we fell so hard for the same racialist and leftist toxins that other cities also adored in the 1980s…” I don’t have the energy to go fix it. But I just wanted to say that I do realize people typically don’t fall in love with toxins. Read more

TWIN CITIES: From a (very good) post by Ben Domenech: “Washington is largely populated by up-and-comers, who sit down having never met you before and say they want to be President.” Very true; but in light of the post below, I’d add, “Washington is also largely populated by people who look for ‘WE TAKE WIC’ signs before they do their grocery shopping…” Which twin city is the evil twin??? Note: This is not to pick on Domenech, who seems to... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.: SO FAR FROM GOD, SO CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES… Is it the heat, or the humidity? Something about DC seems to provoke weirdly illiberal statements from bloggers who should know better. Recently InstaPundit and Matthew Yglesias have decided to defend the District’s bizarre crypto-colonial status (you know, the whole taxation-without-representation thing). There’s one interesting argument and a bunch of non-interesting ones here. Taking the interesting one first, here we go: IF WE GAVE ‘EM THE VOTE, THEY’D... Read more

“Maybe space driving is easier for dizzy dames. There’s less traffic in outer space.” –Narrator, “Sexy Proibitissimo” Read more