A new edition of Shakespeare’s complete works leaves out a poem historically attributed to him. For the ensuing controversy, see Did Shakespeare really write “A Lover’s Complaint”? – By Ron Rosenbaum. The poem depicts a young woman mourning because she was seduced and abandoned, a
A Ugandan pastor and AIDS worker, the Rev. Sam L. Ruteikara, writes in “The Washington Post,” no less, that Western activists are making things worse by pushing for sexual permissiveness: In the late 1980s, before international experts arrived to tell us we had it all
Billy Collins, the former U. S. Poet Laureate, tells about how he was influenced as a poet by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other Warner Brothers cartoons. The piece will open your eyes to both the creative process and the genius of those cartoon classics.
The columnist Mark Steyn, who was hauled before a Canadian human rights commission for criticizing Islam, was vindicated, relunctantly, by the panel.
I had three conference calls yesterday, plus meetings and deliberations, so I missed the premiere of the new “Issues, Etc.” Could someone report on how it was, what the subjects were, etc.? UPDATE: Here is Mollie Hemingway’s account.
Shi’ite Muslims believe in the practice of “temporary marriage” (mut`ah), in which a man can tell a woman he marries her, constituting a valid Muslim wedding, have sex with her, and then say he divorces her, constituting a valid Muslim divorce. It is the legalist’s
James Kushiner, editor of Touchstone, gives a succinct refutation of that strange assumption that tolerance requires relativism: I can tolerate Muslims, Jews, Buddhists well enough, and expect them to tolerate Christiants, when at the same time I believe Jesus, and no one else, is the
Are any of you “Doctor Who” fans? That is to say, Whovians? I would just like to say that David Tennant has to be the best Doctor since Tom Baker. Yes, he is too young, but he projects a persona that is both madcap and
Mollie Ziegler, at her new blog, reports receiving this notice from Todd Wilken: Everyone: In case you haven’t heard… Issues, Etc. will re-debut this Monday, June 30, 3:05pm CST. The show will be LIVE and on demand from 3:05-5:00 at www.issuesetc.org. The second hour will
William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn on Barack Obama on National Review Online: Barack Obama is to the left of Hillary Clinton and NARAL on the issue of life. As a state senator in Illinois, Barack Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, a
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