This subject is one of constant debate and discussion, and this is one of those moments in which, for some reason, the discussion is louder than usual. What did the Founders believe and when did they believe it? Michael Novak and his daughter Jenna have recently had the book Washington’s God published, which they discuss…

We sometimes highlight children’s books here. Not high literature, exactly, not the classics, but new titles that have engaged the almost-reader in our household and not bored his mother by repeated readings. This week’s winner is: Amazon listing here. Checked it out on Sunday. Have had to read it every night since, and I’m thinking…

So why not sell your eggs? Five years after a trade group tried reining them in, fertility clinics and brokers are bidding up prices for eggs sold by cash-strapped college women with top test scores and picture-perfect looks. Advertisements in campus newspapers and on websites plead daily. “Egg Donors Needed. $10,000,” says one in The…

In a comment below, TSO, well, comments on Michael’s remark elsewhere of his experience of always being taken for…an American (or at least an English speaker) in Rome, even before he had ever opened his mouth. This had become somewhat of a running joke with him over the week, but I never really saw it…

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