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Rod Dreher

An old friend and fellow Louisiana expat passes this story along to me this morning: My aunt has a social worker friend. This friend was checking on one of her clients who is developmentally disabled and lives by himself. While checking on him, she heard thumping noises coming out of his bedroom. When she questioned…

When I posted a few weeks ago this link to a Newsweek piece in praise of Rielle Hunter’s silence, I speculated timidly but hopefully (along with the author) that her silence in the sordid John Edwards matter perhaps indicated that she had matured. Well — surprise, surprise! — I was wrong. The predatory, gold-digging stalker…

My USA Today guest column argues that the news media are failing to treat religion with the seriousness it deserves when journalists approach minority religions with kid gloves. Excerpt: A culture’s metaphysical dream tells us a lot about its strengths and weaknesses. One is not required to make a theological judgment about voodoo — or…

Andrew Sullivan kindly linked to last week’s Ugly Churches post here, which has brought in a new group of commentators. You might want to revisit the post to read the new stuff in the comboxes. I had a good laugh over this comment: You’re out of your league here, Mr. Dreher. Why is it you…

Pimco founder Bill Gross, king of the bond traders, talks tough about economic reality. Excerpt: Markets will be downsized by regulation [he says], even if governments are slow in applying new laws. “The sun is not setting on Wall Street – there will always be sunshine on financiers – but high noon is in the…

Daughter says James Brown’s body is missing from its crypt! Oh dear, oh dear. Do not, repeat, do not stay on the scene.

On The Atlantic’s site, Wendy Kaminer writes: An openly gay student seeking a graduate degree in counseling at a state university is expelled for refusing to agree that homosexuality is immoral and declining to enter an anti-gay indoctrination program. An openly gay high school guidance counselor speaks out in favor of same sex marriage and…

Attention Julie Dreher! Attention Leonore Owsley! Attention Jacqueline Hill! Attention all hen-keeping women of the blogosphere! Did you know that keeping chickens is a feminist act? The New York Times Magazine says so. Excerpt: All of these gals — these chicks with chicks — are stay-at-home moms, highly educated women who left the work force…

Austin Bramwell cannot figure out why libertarians and conservatives like suburban sprawl. Excerpt: It’s odd that self-described libertarians such as Stossel are so slow to grasp that government planning makes sprawl ubiquitous. You would think that libertarians would instinctively grasp the deeply statist nature of suburban development. First of all, with a depressingly few exceptions,…

I spoke to my sister Ruthie tonight, who sounded strong and upbeat, despite a new chemo blast yesterday. She mentioned that she and Mike had received in the mail a card from the Black Diamonds, the nickname of the West Virginia Army National Guard troops that Mike had served with in Iraq, and had become…
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