Speech police cast a long shadow Sheila April 1, 2008 These stories hardly seem possible, but they’re happening. Hate crimes legislation is creeping into more places and threatening basic, Read More
Adventures in wonderland Sheila March 29, 2008 Dr. Death announced that he’s running for elected office last week. That’s jarring enough to the sensibilities. Now Read More
‘The most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique in Sheila March 25, 2008 That’s how The American Prospect magazine refers to The Obama Doctrine, which is based on a very good concept Read More
Or…”How to help people die and make Sheila March 22, 2008 This article in the New York Times this week by Jane Brody is just astonishing in its ‘bold frontier’ attitude Read More
Where the party has no control Sheila March 19, 2008 Â With the eruption of violence in Tibet that still rages, and the crackdown by Chinese police on people demonstrating for Read More
This still needs clarification. Sheila March 15, 2008 No, the Vatican did not issue a list of new sins. I just saw a segment on one of the Read More
Radio for only some of the nation’s Sheila March 11, 2008 NPR has made a lot of its listeners mad. Apparently, at the end of February, the NPR program “Morning Edition” Read More
Civil discourse required Sheila March 11, 2008 “Your eel, I think, Sir” The other evening, I was having a good conversation with my father about the usual Read More
An “arrogance of reason” Sheila March 10, 2008 Pope Benedict met with the Pontifical Council for Culture and talked about the challenges of secularization and a cultural mindset Read More
Religion and politics already go together Sheila March 8, 2008 Some are debating whether they should. Speaking of which, the new issue of Voices is out, and I’ve got Read More
