Broken Hearts
Andrew Roccella and Corinne Schillings Just over a year ago, a beautiful young woman died in an accident on Baltimore harbor with her boyfriend, who had just purchased a ring…
Personal Musings
Libertarian Nuptials
I’m heading back to D.C. after a quick trip to Minneapolis for the wedding of two good friends, whom I introduced through the romantic medium of email. Guy and Bretigne…
So-Do-My Friends and Neighbors
Waiting for a Viable Policy…. Paul Varnell, the independent philosopher, columnist, and all round smart guy, has a very interesting essay on “Sodomy and the Military” over at the Independent…
Being Fair to Benedict XVI is One Thing……
Do We Need a Crusade Against the iPod? I watched with interest the BBC live broadcast of the appearance of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. I’m not a Roman…
Random Gibberish and Academia
Some clever MIT students had their paper — “Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy” — accepted for presentation at an academic conference. The paper…
A Narrow and Uncharitable View of the Pope’s Impact on the Communist World
John Paul II and Lech Walesa, January 15, 1981 Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher offers a corrective in Slate to some of the inflated claims of the role of Pope…
A Narrow and Uncharitable View of the Pope’s Impact on the Communist World
John Paul II and Lech Walesa, January 15, 1981 Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher offers a corrective in Slate to some of the inflated claims of the role of Pope…
A Narrow and Uncharitable View of the Pope’s Impact on the Communist World
John Paul II and Lech Walesa, January 15, 1981 Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher offers a corrective in Slate to some of the inflated claims of the role of Pope…
A Narrow and Uncharitable View of the Pope’s Impact on the Communist World
John Paul II and Lech Walesa, January 15, 1981 Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher offers a corrective in Slate to some of the inflated claims of the role of Pope…
Party Animals
They Knew How to Have a Good Time The BBC has a charming story on the revival of dancing and other forms of normal enjoyment in Albania. The mayor of…