Is the Widnening Sex Abuse Scandal the Greatest Challenge to the Catholic Church Since Martin Luther
If the core of your religion is love for other human beings, allowing priests to sexually abuse children entrusted to them undermines the credibility of the institution. Now the central question is how many committed catholics will not tolerate this hypocrisy and demand changes to church. I doubt that celibacy will go any time soon—but 
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[Read More] In the Name of Science, I offer my Boobs
This line is coined by Jen McCreigh, a brave student from Indiana. She writes on her blog:
This little bit of supernatural thinking has been floating around the blogosphere today:
“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi 
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[Read More] Twitter Yourself into a Historical Figure
The New York Times reports that
the Library of Congress will archive the collected works of Twitter, the blogging service, whose users currently send a daily flood of 55 million messages, all that contain 140 or fewer characters. Library officials explained the agreement as another step in the library’s embrace of digital media. Twitter, the 
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[Read More] David Brooks takes off his hat but fears for the worst
David Brooks columns are always interesting. Today he takes the reader back to his democratic youth, acknolwedges the success of the Democratic Party, but warns that America will follow Rome into oblivion. At least nobody can say that he did not warn us.
The Democrats Rejoice
Parties come to embody causes. For the past 90 years 
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[Read More] Historic Health Care Bill passes after 48 Hours of Drama
This was a roller coaster. I am sure there will be lawsuits challenging the bill, but it looks like that America is becoming a modern country when it comes to providing health care. Watch this short video summary of the past 48 hours. Obama delivered in the end.
NY Times 3 min Video 
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[Read More] Fiction: The Use of Poetry
After watching the film “Atonement”, the name “Ian McEwan” is burned into my mind. His recent story in the New Yorker starts out very strong and was a pleasure to read.
It surprised no one to learn that Michael Beard had been an only child, and he would have been the first to concede 
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[Read More] Getting Obama Right
DAVID BROOKS (NY Times) responds the last week’s column by Frank Rich and explains why it is so difficult for Obama to create on overarching narrative. The poltical odds seem to have changed. Right now the money is on health care passing.
Who is Barack Obama?
If you ask a conservative Republican, you are likely to hear 
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[Read More] The Up-or-Down Vote on Obama’s Presidency
The money in Washington is on Health Care legislation not passing this year. FRANK RICH is hedging his bets on this issue. But he articulates forcefully that Obama needs to create an overarching narrative before it is too late for his presidency.
WEDNESDAY’S health care rally was one of President Obama’s finest hours. 
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[Read More] An Amazing Nordic Tale
David Brooks reports an amazing Nordic Tale that I want to see made into a movie.
The Hard and the Soft (NY Times)
The United States, a nation of 300 million, won nine gold medals this year in the Winter Olympics. Norway, a nation of 4.7 million, also won nine. This was no anomaly. Over the years, 
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