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Regular readers know that my sister Ruthie Leming is battling stage four lung cancer, and that St. Francisville, our Louisiana hometown, has been rallying strongly to her side, and to the side of her family. Well, on Saturday April 10, there will be a Ruthie Leming Day fundraising concert there. It will be held at…

I had a great conversation with a new friend on a train ride today. I don’t think he’s religious at all, but we got to talking about Lent, and asceticism. He said that it’s no surprise to him that American Christians don’t fast, by and large. “It goes against everything our consumer culture stands for,”…

From — believe it or not — Scientific American, research psychologist Jesse Bering’s charming reflections on how science is paving the way for an even wider celebration of diversity. Excerpt: In any event, philosophical questions aside, I simply find it astounding–and incredibly fascinating from an evolutionary perspective–that so many people (as much as a full…

Having been away from the keys most of the day, I want to post an important update to the commentary on the Catholic sex abuse scandal and Pope Benedict’s response. The journalist John Allen has provided one of his typically well-informed pieces explaining what we know and don’t know about Benedict and his response. From…

Today’s paper brings news that as the Archbishop of Munich, Pope Benedict knew more about the molester priest’s transfer than the Vatican has admitted. This should not be surprising; as the editor who ran the Boston Globe’s coverage of the U.S. scandal says: I don’t know of any archdiocese where the archbishop or the cardinal…

David Brooks writes today about how economists failed to understand the behavior leading up to the crash — and why. Excerpt: In Act IV, in other words, economists are taking baby steps into the world of emotion, social relationships, imagination, love and virtue. In Act V, I predict, they will blow up their whole field.…

Here’s a good interview with Sir John Polkinghorne, the Anglican priest and physicist, talking about virtue, science and religion. Excerpts: I call myself a bottom-up thinker. I try to move from experience to understanding, to look at experiences, which may be our own experiences or accounts of others; in fact, in the religious case, they…

Try as I might — and I have tried, a little — I can’t stomach the idea of drinking the fermented, bacteria-rich tea called kombucha. According to The New York Times, I am well behind the foodie curve. Excerpt: To make kombucha, brewers rely on what’s called a starter — a bit of already fermented…

I’m so sick of beans. I’m so sick of almond butter. I’m so sick of broccoli and hummus. I’m so sick of tofu. Please, Jesus, come out of that tomb and bring us some dadgum barbecue! UPDATE: A reader informs me that this graphic, which had been sent by a friend without sourcing, comes from…

Ross Douthat tries his hand at Tyler Cowen’s blogosphere exercise (naming 10 books that most influenced your worldview). Ross mentions the works of G.K. Chesterton on his list, which reminded me that Chesterton is one of those writers I really, really want to like, but just … don’t. I love his aphorisms, but his prose…
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