Here’s a really interesting study of neural activity in Carmelite sisters. Very intereesting, even if it doesn’t prove much. Telegraph | News | Nuns prove God is not figment of the mind In other words, mystical experiences are mediated by several brain regions and systems normally implicated in functions such as self-consciousness, emotion and body … Read more
Here’s an interesting online Catholic Church bulletin I came across It wsa linked to on Amy Welborn’s website. The Church is out in Minnesota. St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Mpls., MN., USA "The Pastors 2 cents…" column has what I would consider a "colorfully" worded column. Along with lots of other eccentric stuff.
My friend Theresa Bonopartis has a son, Mike, in the marines. Very sadly, a marine friend of his, Mike Glover, was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. As was Glover’s unit commanding officer, Capt. John McKenna IV, shot when he went to his aid. They are both New Yorkers. Here is the story from … Read more
The NYT had a somewhat odd article this morning. For 56 Years, Battling Evils of Hollywood With Prayer – New York Times As is often the case with these sort of articles in the Times, the writer feels required to offer his opinion on Catholic theology and practice: The sisterhood is a dying way of … Read more
In a recent discussion I was having with a small email group (NOTE – we were discussing the USA Today article two weeks ago about Al Gore, and the fact that for all his gloom and doom about the pending ecological cataclysm, his main house is 10,000 square feet, has 20 rooms and eight bathrooms. … Read more
The Washington Post has an editorial this morning: Genocide, Continued The resolution is said to have the support of most members of the Security Council. It was developed in consultation with France, which initially tried to minimize the proposed number of troops but then accepted the Anglo-American position. China, which bends over backward not to … Read more
I am referring, of course, to the Yanks completing a five game sweep of Boston in Fenway this afternoon. They just eked it out, 2-1. The original (baseball) Boston Massacre occurred in 1978 and you can read about it here.New York Yankees : News : New York Yankees News But that was a four game … Read more
I read about this book in a "Five Best books about…" list in the Wall Street Journal and got it (second hand) off Amazon less than a month ago. It is an outstanding one volume work on the Confederate ill-fated "invasion" of Pennsylvania, culminating in the decisive Battle at Gettysburg, on July 1-3, 1863. Once … Read more
That’s the house belonging to one of the original feminist suffragete’s. The woman on the one dollar coin. It was purchased by a friend of mine, Carol Crossed, the original director of the Seamless Garment Network (now known as Consistent Life). It’s a bit of a coup for Feminists for Life of America. See here … Read more
I put camping in quotation marks because lots of people wouldn’t consider staying in a campground to be true camping. Anyway, that’s what we did for three nights, 20 minutes outside (just south) of Hershey. We returned to Croton late yesterday. We had an excellent time. The campsite was nice, and here’s our tent, along … Read more