Freshmen Orientation: Green Good, Conservative Bad, Religion Non-Existent

I’m back from viewing some liberal arts colleges with my college-bound son, and appropriately, I’ve learned some things. For instance, buildings designed according to an acronym called LEED are all the rage in academia. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy… Read More

We Want More, More, More……or Do We?

How much money would it take to make you happy?
I’ve been watching a game show called Deal/No Deal, in which contestants routinely overreach themselves trying to win big bucks — up to $1 million, but more likely less, and… Read More

Boob Tube Decency and the Emmy’s

Today’s topic is a tad delicate, so let’s back into it gently.
Last Sunday I found the Emmy Awards in progress in the living room, and sat down to take a look. I was mildly pleased to find them moving… Read More

Killing Kevorkian

It may have been a while since you gave much thought to Jack Kevorkian. In the 1990s “Dr. Death” helped (by his own count) some 130 people shuffle off this mortal coil as part of his assisted suicide apostolate. His… Read More

Attention Deficit Disorder and the Desert Fathers

Edward Hallowell is a child psychiatrist and author of bestselling books on Attention Deficit Disorder. In a new and provocative book called CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! he tackles “The modern phenomenon of brain overload,” in which we… Read More

Refusing to Leave History’s Shallow End

Word is that the Ron Howard/Tom Hanks take on The Da Vinci Code is so bad that perhaps we needn't worry about large-scale religious confusion resulting from its release. Of course, the bad news is that the book has already… Read More

Conceiving a World without Contraception

An article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine (“Contra-Contraception,” by Russell Shorto) chronicled rumblings in the Christian (including Catholic) right that may have surprised not only non-Christians but also the tired old balding-pony-tailed Catholic left. A growing number in the… Read More

Tom Cruse, Katie Holmes, and the Catholic Church

This Sunday's Parade magazine (all right, all right, so it's not the New York Times) carried an interview of movie star-Scientologist Tom Cruise. In case you haven't been focusing on essentials at the supermarket check-out counter, I'll fill you in.… Read More

Abortion, Depression, and Common Sense

What is the appropriate reaction of the human psyche to undergoing an abortion?
Last month, Culture & Cosmos publicized a recent New Zealand study of depression and other mental disorders in women who had undergone abortion. The pro-abortion camp and… Read More

Skier’s Maturity Is Rare Find Among Olympic Athletes

A few winter Olympics ago, profiles of figure skating Olympian Tara Lipinski included the young teenager's sweetly naïve devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux. Tara edged past Michelle Kwan that year to win Olympic gold, but her success hardly seemed… Read More

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