More quirks in Obamacare: The same policy from the same insurer with the same coverage costs $1,800 per month in Virginia, but it costs only $285 in adjoining Maryland. This is because Maryland mandated that all policies cover, among other things, gastric by-pass surgery for
Sportswriter Thomas Boswell sees two worlds colliding in the National League playoff between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers: When the Dodgers meet the Cardinals on Friday with the Gateway Arch framed in center field to start the National League Championship Series,
Reflecting on the beards of the Red Sox made me think about the Victorians and a concept that was a major preoccupation of that era but that is hardly talked about anymore today: Duty. This is not the same as virtue or morality. Rather, it
The management of this blog is taking no position on the controversy over the use of Native American references as names of sports teams. This post simply draws your attention to the recent “Style Invitational,” a regular feature in the Washington Post that sets up
“Look at me when I’m talking to you!” we might say when trying to get through to a child we are trying to discipline. “He looked me straight in the eye,” we might say of someone trying to sell us something. “Keep eye contact,” we
October is “Clergy Appreciation Month.” After the jump, some thoughts on the matter from Ray Hartwig. Let’s use the comments to honor the occasion. What do you appreciate about your pastor? What has he done for you? Why are you grateful for him? (more…)
I now like the Red Sox. How can you not pull for a team whose players have grown such serious beards? These aren’t soul patches or little goatees. These are long, bushy, Duck Dynasty kinds of beards. This is no “chicks dig ’em” kind of
We blogged about the phenomenon of tearing down or otherwise effacing buildings where terrible crimes were committed. It was announced that the Navy Yard office building in Washington, D.C., the site of the recent mass shooting in which 12 people were killed, is going to
The Gospel reading for last Sunday was the parable that makes perfectly clear why we are not saved by our works and why we cannot merit salvation: 7 “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he
We Americans tend to get suspicious of people enjoying themselves too much, especially if it involves some kind of physical crutch. Smoking was condemned as a vice even before the incontrovertible evidence of how bad it is for you. But now electronic cigarettes have been
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