Daily Rome Shot 1020: Magnus Effect
White to move and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning? Try THIS. I had a note from a friend in Rome: I hope … Read More →
The Death of Institutional Identity
In the entrance of historic Nassau Hall at the heart of Princeton University is Memorial Atrium, designed in 1920 to commemorate the Princeton students and alumni killed in battle. Six hundred and forty-six names are inscribed on its walls, including seventy who died in the Civil War. As campus legend has it, thirty-five died fighting […]
Trey Campo, With a Recipe for Braised Beef Short Ribs
Steve Estvanik Steve “Trey” Campo (l) and braised beef short ribs in a Dutch oven. Campo’s cooking style mixes Cajun, Creole and Italian cuisine.
Aid agencies mobilize to respond to floodings in Afghanistan
UNICEF and other aid agencies are sending relief teams and desperately needed humanitarian aid to northeastern Afghanistan where unusually heavy rains have killed at least 300 people, sweeping away homes and damaging vital farmland. Read all
13 May: St. Robert Bellarmine – Pray for us!
Today I greet readers and friends who are blessed with the name “Robert”. Happy Vetus Ordo Name Day. You get two Name Days, since the Novus Ordo day is 17 September. In particular I remember in prayer His Excellency Most … Read More →
Preachers: Tell a story that will stay with your listeners long after the homily is over.
Though Jesus preached in parables that still captivate us, not every story told in a homily has a similarly lasting impact. The Rev. Christopher Clohessy shares how preachers can craft stories that linger long after Mass is over.
Bioethicists are speaking out against Iceland aborting almost every baby with Down syndrome
An Icelandic bioethicist admitted that her country does not offer many positive representations of life with Down syndrome, allowing people to remain fixed on negative, outdated stereotypes of what raising a child with a disability is like.
Mozambique: Attacks by gunmen displace more residents in Cabo Delgado Province
According to a Reuters report, Mozambique’s army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, the country’s President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address. Read all
Consecrating Error?
Consecrating Error? Once upon a time, in a land known as Christendom, a man died rather than betray his conscience, which is to say, his “convictions about what it is right and wrong to do.” That man was Thomas More (1478–1535), who, if you are a certain kind of law professor writing in the year […]
Bioethicists are speaking out against Iceland aborting almost every baby with Down syndrome
An Icelandic bioethicist admitted that her country does not offer many positive representations of life with Down syndrome, allowing people to remain fixed on negative, outdated stereotypes of what raising a child with a disability is like.Read More