Something Completely Different
Few voices from the tumultuous “Sixties” that defined the young lives of millions of Baby Boomers — more than a few of whom still work on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the nation’s capital — have survived with influence across the generations into the 21st century. Among those few, none stands out more than Bob…
Read MoreFar-Right Apostle Paul Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory In Churcheshttps://t.co/8drGLeE77s — The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 11, 2021
Read MoreI was sitting with my incredible son, Marcus, just outside of Turn Two at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday taking in all of the intoxicating sights and sounds of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indy 500. This was not your typical Father-Son outing. I’ve been a racing fan since I was about five years…
Read MoreMillions of Americans in recent years have turned to the proliferating realm of companies that offer to tell you where your ancestors came from and how much of each ethnicity or nationality is found in your DNA. There are even firms that do the same thing for dogs, telling you that all 13 of the…
Read MoreI’ve never been to Italy — two weeks in Scotland and England many years ago being my only experience of Europe —but Elizabeth Prata has been, specifically to Tuscany. As you may know, there is something about the light in Tuscany. It’s different, somehow. Prata looks at the light in Tuscany and from there to…
Read MoreIt’s a stirring moment that invariably brings a smile and a tingle whenever we see the replay of those epic last 10 seconds of the USA Olympic Hockey Team’s victory over the Soviet Union, punctuated so perfectly by Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” Even for those who aren’t particularly enamored of Canada’s national…
Read MoreNOW SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Cave Art And Comic Books Or Another Look At Human Exceptionalism
Comic books never did much for me but there is no doubt that they are among the most influential kinds of literature and have been for decades. But did you know they go all the way back cave art? Me either. Leave it to biochemist Fazale Rana to lay this out in a fascinating post…
Read MoreA major new survey of nearly 16,000 young adults aged 18 to 35 years old living in 25 countries around the world turned up numerous positive trends but it revealed some genuinely worrisome news as well. The survey — entitled “The Connected Generation” — was conducted collaboratively by World Vision, the Washington-based “global Christian humanitarian…
Read MoreTwo new surveys highlight findings that, if accurate and durable, provide some potentially distressing insights about millions of Americans born after 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States. These findings should be of great interest in the nation’s capital because most of the people now working on Capitol Hill for…
Read MoreIf the question posed in the headline above strikes you as curious or confusing, you aren’t alone. I was initially puzzled by the headline on the essay that prompted this post, too. Fr. Dwight Longnecker was in Italy recently where he paused to look around at the throng of people and noticed how “the universal…
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