Rod Dreher wishes the Pope had been a little less diplomatic with the bishops. I find it hard to disagree with him. The anger up here in Boston, for example, is still quite palpable. I know Rod has made more than a few enemies among Catholic writers and bloggers with his coverage of the scandal,… Continue reading

When scientists screw up philosophy Siris takes Larry Krauss to the woodshed over yet another silly misreading of Thomas Aquinas: Every scholar who deals with historical issues always runs across weird stories that float around about what people thought or said or did way back then; and this provides a pretty good little instance of… Continue reading

Physicist David Heddle does us all a favor by nicely summing up why the Discovery Institute and its minions should be shunned by Christians everywhere: Deception (The Wedge Strategy.) Evangelism by deception (Even worse, also the Wedge Strategy and document.) Unsupported claims of imminent victory, also known as false prophecy. Snatching defeat from the jaws… Continue reading

Daniel Holz was one of those students lucky enough to work with John Archibald Wheeler: For two years I sat at the feet of the master, and I absorbed as much as I could. I learned about science, and about life. Wheeler had broad interests. We would often discuss biology, or history, or poetry. Over… Continue reading

Here goes… I’m posting to YouTube a selection from a new children’s book I’ve written. While I’m submitting this to publishers through the usual channels, I wanted to bring this to life now…while my children are still young enough to appreciate it. I hope yours are too. If you like what you see and hear–the… Continue reading