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I have threatened to do this before, but this time, I’m going to stick to it. This week, barring big news, most of my blog posts will be bookblogging. I have too much else to do to spend time newshounding. I have a stack of books that I’ve read out of personal interest, and others…

…with a twist. STRIKE UP THE BAND! Around the world today, February 12, admirers of Charles Darwin will celebrate the great man’s 198th birthday with lectures, concerts, and exhibits. Darwin Day, as it’s called, is meant to be cheerful, with a bit of good-natured triumphalism, marking what celebrants see as the intellectual victory of Darwinism,…

In words that speak to many of us, the Pope last week offered a friendly reminder: This morning Pope Benedict XVI received, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, members of the National Italian Confederation of the "Misericordias."  The Holy Father thanked those gathered for their concrete expressions of love but warned them not to let…

Low turnout dooms abortion referndum in Portugal: The Socialist Prime Minister of Portugal, Jose Socrates, conceded late on Sunday that despite his party’s tremendous efforts to grant broader access to abortion in the country, a pro-abortion referendum has failed to pass due to insufficient voter participation. With nearly all the votes counted, the referendum, which…
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