Russia reportedly sees its mission as restoring traditional values to the world, over against the “libertine West.” This is involving a new alliance between Vladimir Putin’s government and the Russian Orthodox Church. The immediate goal is to spread the ideal of “holy Russia” throughout Eurasia.
Prices for a first-class stamp will drop from 49 cents back down to 46 cents after a federal court ruled that the latest postage increase could not be permanent. The cost of the switch will be minimal, due to the US Postal Service reliance on
The field of experimental psychology operates mostly in research universities. So their test subjects tend to be 20-something-undergraduates volunteering for research projects to get extra credit. That is not the world’s most representative population. (I volunteered for some of those experiments myself, and I remember
The younger generation, as has been said, always thinks that it has invented sex. And those who “don’t know much about history” seem to think that sex and sexual issues are contemporary phenomena. So the editors at Salon are giddy to learn what Martin Luther
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) says that some global warming sceptics should be prosecuted under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations act). He argues that some of the anti-global warming research is funded by energy companies, which is what Big Tobacco did in funding research
Former Texas governor Rick Perry announced that he is running, again, for the Republican presidential nomination. His cause? Fixing the American economy by emulating Texas. Meanwhile, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee announced that he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. His cause? Adopt
Catholic journalist Russell Shaw analyzes the persecution of Christianity that is breaking out in our culture and that, he says, is likely to get worse. It isn’t “bloody persecuction,” but a “soft persecution.” But it is still persecution of religion by the state, and it
Elizabeth Scalia quotes G. K. Chesterton on what happens when the “young generation” gets old, claiming that he is nailing us Baby Boomers before any of us were born. (more…)
In some counter-intuitive news, a Pew study has found that highly-educated women are having more children than they used to. (more…)
Now that the Church of England has ordained its first female bishops, it is considering changing the Book of Common Prayer and catechetical materials to refer to God as “she” and as “mother.” (This will probably be in formulations like “father and mother” as some
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