Scientists have figured out why flies are so hard to swat. It has to do with the “quick-fire intelligence and good planning” of the fly, “the speed and complexity of the fly’s brain,” which processes information so fast that within 100 milliseconds it “plans” the
Jay Michaelson says that the most important aspect of the Pope’s encyclical on the environment is that it represents a “seismic shift” in Christian theology and Western thought: It says that human beings have a relationship with the earth, on a par with their relationship
Europe has gone further than the United States in embracing the new ideologies about sex, gender, and political-correctness. And it’s going even further: to unisex bathrooms, laws mandating women on corporate boards, and regulations about how men and women may be portrayed. For example, it
You’ve got to read Mollie Hemingway’s piece in the Federalist: We Don’t Deserve Alexander Hamilton On Our Currency. It defies excerpting. It covers far more than just the woman-on-the-$10-bill issue. I can’t explain it. Just read it. You’ll be glad you did. Most of you.
Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si (“praise to you,” from the first words of the document), fully embracing the environmentalist cause. It warns of global warming, says man is responsible, and calls for sweeping changes to save the earth. It also, as we will
The Common Core requires that at least half of what elementary and middle school students read be non-fiction. By 12th grade, that goes up to 70%. And the non-fiction being read is not that of the great minds of our heritage but online posts, government
The strategy of abortion apologists up to now has been to employ euphemism (“pro-choice”) and use extreme situations (rape, incest) to make their case. Activists have now decided that to “normalize” abortion and to present it as a good thing, they need to use the
Voting for baseball’s All-Star team used to involve going to a game and then, between innings, punching out the chads next to the player you thought was best at his position. But then some of the voting went online. This year all of the voting
What they are saying at Amazon about my daughter’s new book, Whisper, Whisper: Learning About Church, after the jump. Let me put it this way. If you can buy either mine or hers, buy hers. It’s cheaper anyway. (more…)
Did you know that there is such a thing as bibliotherapy, in which counselors will prescribe a course of books to read as a way of working through emotional or mental problems? (more…)
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