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Yale historian John Demos (raise your hand if you read "A LIttle Commonwealth" in college!) writes in the WSJ about attempts to posthumously (very posthumously) rehaibilitate an accused witch. The piece takes a rather interesting turn in its last third. A meditation, with a startling opener: With the so-called Enlightenment of the later 18th century…

Comments won’t be opened until morning, when I’m sure more stories will appear: Hezbollah using Christian villages as shields: A Christian from the village of Ain Ebel, who requested to remain nameless for fear of a reprisal from Hezbollah, reported that he found Hezbollah fighters setting up a launcher on his rooftop. Hezbollah fighters ignored…

Over at the rocking and rolling First Things blog, Joseph Pearce posts about a new documentary about Lord of the Rings fans and fanatics – that never mentions Christianity or Christians. Blind spots, anyone?

The Pope will sit for an interview with German television: MUNICH – ­ Pope Benedict XVI is to give an unprecedented interview Saturday to four German TV journalists invited to his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, with the discussion set to air worldwide on August 13. The German-born pope has already given a couple of one-on-one…
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