Notre Dame’s celebrated president, Theodore Hesburgh, is still alive and kicking –and collecting accolades on the occasion of his 90th birthday. The Chicago Tribune has this nice tribute, from some female admirers: Rev. Ted Hesburgh, University of Notre Dame’s legendary president, is 90 years old, his eyesight waning to the point that he can no…

The New York Times’ Janet Maslin — one-time movie critic who now fancies herself a book critic — has taken a look at the new masterpiece, “I Am America, And So Can You,” by My Close Personal Friend Stephen Colbert. Ms. Maslin — who is not now and never will be My Close Personal Friend…

The Nobel Prizes are being announced this week. Which means it’s time for the “Ig Nobel Prizes” — awarded every year to the ludicrous and the laughable, but otherwise extremely valuable scientific and artistic contributions to humanity. What would Alfred Nobel (pictured to the left) think? I’m sure he’d quote the inimitable J.J. Walker: “Dy-no-MITE!”…

Catholics are known for being unabashedly pro-life. But a committed group of Catholics in Indiana is adding another dimension to that idea, by shedding light on one of the darkest corners of human life, and one many don’t like to talk about: suicide. From the Catholic Moment newspaper in Lafeyette, Indiana: Wearing T-shirts that read…

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