Predictably, James Carroll can only interpret the Vatican’s overtures to disaffected Anglicans in light of his own emotional hang ups. Fortunately Ross Douthat has not lost the use of his critical faculties and offers the more likely reasons behind Rome’s strategy.

Massimo Pigliucci takes on the scope of skeptical inquiry. Russell Blackford has at him.

Tara Smith with a good post on the consequences of refusing to take vaccines.

Book NotesI just got my copy of Richard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show on Earth. I plan to do a few posts on it as the mood strikes me, or rather as something from the book stands out as I read it, rather than a general review.

Lee and FlemingI knew Christopher Lee had a family connection to James Bond author Ian Fleming. What I didn’t realize is that Lee’s older sister worked with Fleming in naval intelligence during the war.