When Chicago’s Francis Cardinal George came under fire earlier this week for comparing the LGBT movement to the Ku Klux Klan, I immediately thought of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Emperor’s New Clothes. I’m sure you are familiar with the story, so this video featuring the Cardinal’s interview on Fox News and some shots from the Chicago Gay Pride Parade might give you some idea about what I mean.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Orthodox Traditions in Secular Art Reply
The Christmas season is a great time to visit museums. Today I joined a group of my students at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, where I stumbled across a real gem of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, a portrait of Madame Marie Joseph-Michel Ginoux:
While most people see Van Gogh as avant-guard trendsetter, More…
Pope Benedict’s Five Goals for the New Evangelization 1
You Cannot Believe and Remain Silent.
One of those annoying experiences in life is when a friend tells you they saw someone you wanted to meet, but forgot to let you know so that you weren’t able to see that person.
A few years ago a friend of mine got really angry at me because More…
The Shepherd’s Secrets to a Simple Christmas Reply
shepherds watch their flocks
Why would anyone cover up child sexual abuse? 1
Last week, LifeNews.com and American Life League reported on the following story:
When the Penn State sex abuse scandal made the headlines More…
The Shocking Truth About Your Brain Reply
Put your thinking helmet on! We’re about to explore what’s in your head. More…
Clear Signs of Fuzzy Science Reply
I love reading books on philosophy and pop culture. So when not one but two books entitled Inception and Philosophy came out within a week of each other, I had to get them both.
Nietzsche and Neuroscience Reply
Thereupon, in the year 2006 or 2026, some new Nietzsche will step forward to announce: “The self is dead”—except that being prone to the poetic, like Nietzsche I, he will probably say… “The soul, that last refuge of values, is dead, because educated people no longer believe it exists.”
In Thomas Wolfe’s I Am Charlotte Simmons, More…
Christopher Hitchens Dies at 62 Reply
Christopher Hitchens will be remembered for his staunch atheism and pungent attacks on religion.
Here are Christopher’s reflections on Paschal’s Wager. This is a testament of his beliefs, just a year before he would finally succumb to esophagus cancer.
Please, remember him in your prayers, and may he rest in peace. More…
High School Kids Get Suspended for… Tebowing? 1
Warning: Kids, do not try this at home, on the bus, or (especially) at school. Remember, this is a highly trained professional athlete.
According to school officials at Riverhead School in Long Island, teens can seriously hurt themselves or others by engaging in activities like this: More…
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