My friend Sue Konig had a cool column on the NRO website yesterday

UPDATE: NPR picked up the column Why You Should Run For Office My friend and neighbor down the street, Sue, sent me an email yesterday. It's was in response to my post God's Gift to the Republicans – Pelosi strikes again! on Tuesday. I thought I was God's gift to Republicanshttp://article.nationalreview.com/427376/put-me-in-coach-/susan-konig?page=1back on NRO telling people they should run … Read more

100 Anglican parishes in the U.S. join the Catholic Church

The "personal ordinariate" initiative of Pope Benedict. Their priests will have to be ordained, since Anglican ordination is not recognized by the Catholic Church. In a sense, they will have their won Anglican "rite". 100 Anglican parishes to join Catholic Church   "The request means the 100 Anglican Church in America parishes will ask for … Read more

Eaglefest in Croton

Last Saturday (Feb. 6th) the four of us attended the 6th annual Eaglefest, sponsored by the Teatown Lake Reservation (and of course other corporate sponsors) on Croton Point. Very cool. Even the boys enjoyed themselves. the presentations were held in large tents, with about 200 people at the main talk, which dealt with two species of owls … Read more

The fatal Olympic accident today

Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled during training, went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center. Paramedics and doctors were unable to revive the 21-year-old luger … Olympic luger killed in crash | NBC Olympics It was unclear how fast Kumaritashvili was going, … Read more

A balanced look at “don’t ask, don’t tell”

There are some excellent arguments for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. And there are some lousy ones. Also worth pondering is the experience of countries in which gays and lesbians serve openly. Britain and Canada are often cited as cases in point, though the deteriorating overall capabilities of their armed forces do … Read more

Latest Read: Final Exam (A murder 101 mystery)

My friend Maggie Barbieri has the fourth in her romance-humor-mystery series, featuring college professor Alison Bergeron. You can find my reviews of Maggie's first three books in the series here and they're also on the amazon website in slightly edited form.   Our heroine Alison ends up having to spend a few weeks living on campus in a dorm as … Read more