The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
It was the Elizabethan poet Thomas Dekker who wrote of the “merry month of May.” And so it must have seemed to some living during what his society perceived to be the most admirable time to be alive. It remained for the dour T.S. Elliot living through the Great War to stamp the times since
READ MORE"If they are but another voice in the crowd, their power comes only from the ability to shout down the others–and they shall never prevail, because after they shout them down, the others will assemble a larger crowd next time and shout them down. And the contest becomes a never-ending struggle for what is presumed
READ MORETension over high school faculty handbook language and teacher labor contracts has escalated into a complex hardball confrontation between elements of the San Francisco Bay Area and the wider Catholic community. The sharp polarity was largely launched on February 3 of this year when San Francisco archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone released a statement intended for
READ MOREIn the first ruling of its kind, a federal judge in Virginia declared that a public library cannot install filters on its computers. Why? Because the filters could interfere with the right of adults to view whatever smut they want. In other words, though the filters could help keep children from using the public library
READ MOREMany of America's Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson, believed that education was the key to preserving our republican government. If so, one wonders how much longer the republic has when, for instance, the University of California (Santa Cruz) offers courses like "Feminist Cyborg Fiction," which includes stories about a "lesbian-of-color vampire." How secure are the foundations
READ MOREBEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY! PSALM 133:1 Jerry Falwell, a purveyor of (child!) pornography? Jerry Falwell, opposed to preaching the gospel to high school students? Jerry Falwell, refusing to defend the unborn? Is this the same Jerry Falwell who stormed the halls of Congress in
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