More fun with language. U.S. officials want ‘swine’ out of flu name: U.S. pork producers are finding that the name of the virus spreading from Mexico is affecting their business, prompting U.S. officials to argue for changing the name from swine flu. At a news
The Supreme Court ruled that the FCC can indeed fine broadcasters for airing expletives on television: The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television,
I’ll let Kathleen Parker tell you about how pro-life ethicist Mary Ann Glendon refused to appear at Notre Dame with Barack Obama: Here on planet “What About Me,” principled people are so rare as to be oddities. Thus, it was a head-swiveling moment Monday when
In an interview with Empire, producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro divulged their plans for splitting “The Hobbit” into two movies: “We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to
Rock star Bono of U2 contrasts “grace” with “karma” and makes a forthright confession of his faith in the gospel of Christ: Bono: You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to
I posted about a play coming to my neck of the woods, “Wittenberg,” about that academic community that included–if you extend membership to characters from the Great Books–Dr. Luther, Dr. Faustus, and that indecisive undergraduate Hamlet. We were discussing it in the comments and who
New York City was terrorized when they saw the big aircraft followed by F-16s buzzing the city. It was just Air Force One getting publicity photos. But it has come out that the federal officials who planned the flyover knew it might cause panic and
Anthony Sacramone at Strange Herring cites a new Pew Study that suggests earlier findings about Americans’ spiritual rootlessness do not necessarily mean that Americans are becoming more secular. Rather, Americans often change their religions. More than half of American adults have changed religion in their
I am lamenting the end of the Pontiac line, as GM sheds brands in an effort to stay alive. In my teenage years, the family car was a Pontiac, so that was the one I got to drive every chance I got. More than that,
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has announced that he is switching from the Republican to the Democratic party. Assuming comedian Al Franken is eventually seated as the Senator from Minnesota, after the disputed election in which he apparently narrowly came out on top, this will
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