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Much inkage spilled over the James Frey business over the last week, but I was struck by the last two paragraphs in Meghan O’Rourke’s take in Slate The fact is, doubts were raised about the accuracy of Frey’s memoir from the start, both in reviews and in cocktail party chatter. And people have long believed…

An essay published in the San Francisco Chronicle, no less, by British philosopher David S. Oderburg. It presents, in a more detailed, scholarly way, my perpetual question of those who accuse critics and questioners of the ethical standards of some scientific research as simply being religious fanatics who want to pollute the purity of scientific…

Blogged about here before, but worth noting again because the time draws near…a good conference at Notre Dame.

..but still work to do. From reader Ellen: I wanted to give you an update on what we have been doing since Christmas to defeat Mike Castle’s stem cell bill in Delaware. As you probably recall, we needed a miracle–with 25 votes, four more than needed for passage, and Mike Castle behind it, the bill…

…in our house. MIchael was telling a story about his army service. Probably involved Turkey. Joseph stopped what he was doing. "You was in the army?" "Yes, Joseph." Stunned, very impressed pause. "Did you have a sword?" "No. No sword." Puzzled pause. "Did you have a shield?" "Nope." Puzzlement deepens. "Did you have a gun?"…

…about Roma. I took the second deep breath of the past five days (the first being buying the tickets) and reserved an apartment. 2 bedroom in the Vatican area, much cheaper than you could ever get a hotel of comparable size or location. We briefly toyed with a convent stay but decided that for nine…

After Abortion, which has many good posts over the past couple of days, including a reflection on the personality traits of those who are drawn to social activism, a link to a story in the Cincinnati Enquirer about a "hometown hero" who happens to be involved in post-abortion healing ministry, and an interesting account of…

Toni from Tennessee writes in with her Italian Travel Tale, and we invite you to share your own: We arrived in Catania, Sicily without any euros, figuring my uncle could take us to a bank later. (What idiots!) We rented a car and happily got on the auto strata, headed for Torre Faro, Messina. What…

A reader writes: Since so many of us experienced the "immortality" gaffe this weekend, how about a thread on the worst gaffes ever heard at Mass?  My own nominee is one my mom and I heard during the reading of the sacrifice of Issac by Abraham:  "he held aloft the flaming…brassiere." Well, there was the…

Pope meets with Jewish leaders, is invited to Rome synagogue The pope met representatives of Rome’s Jewish community in the Vatican on Monday and was invited to visit the city’s synagogue as his predecessor did in a landmark move 20 years ago . Noting that John Paul II did more than any other pontiff to…
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