For the Record: Correction: Because of a columnist’s habitual laziness and ignorance, and a cowardly editorial attitude toward said columnist, a column that ran over two weeks ago was incorrect in stating that the corpse of Humphrey Bogart watched the L.A. Dodgers in the Coliseum. Bogart was comfortably interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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