It’s no secret that China has been practicing gendercide — the mass killing of unborn girls by abortion — for some time. Now this interesting piece in the UK’s Mail Online outlines the problems Chinese society will be facing by 2020, when there will be 30 million more men of marrying age than women. As … Read more
The following advertisement contains an attractive topless man. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Most people have seen this ad for Old Spice by now. The actor, Isaiah Mustafa, now known as “the man your man could smell could like,” has become a cult celebrity, according to Advertising Age. Proctor & Gamble Co. (owner … Read more
Patrick O’Hannigan over at The American Spectator had an excellent piece yesterday summarizing the various ways the New York Times got its reporting wrong when it published the “Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys” story. He breaks it into four categories. Here’s an excerpt outlining the first two: Issue One: Chronology. If … Read more
Last week, hell froze over when America‘s Michael Sean Winters complimented George Weigel’s criticism of the New York Times. Weigel, distinguished senior fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy Center, also wrote a defense of Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church in The Philadelphia Inquirer today. Weigel points out that the Church, more than any … Read more
The Anchoress has written a beautiful piece for NPR: “Today, on Good Friday, Why I Am Still A Catholic.” When have darkness and light been anything but co-existent? How do we recognize either without the other? I remain within, and love, the Catholic Church because it is a church that has lived and wrestled … Read more
Following up on Margaret’s morning post… John Allen, Jr., senior correspondent with the National Catholic Reporter, senior Vatican analyst with CNN, and author of The Rise of Benedict XVI, answered questions yesterday at the Washington Post about the pope and the ongoing sex abuse crisis. It’s a short read and Allen is typically fair … Read more
I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard “Stupak” in the past couple of weeks, but I can’t say the same about the name “Lipinski.” Yet, Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois seems like exactly the kind of pro-life Democrat so many were hoping Rep. Bart Stupak would be. Lipinski voted against the health care … Read more
It would be funny if it were not so frightening: British spies with MI5 say Al Queda is outfitting female suicide bombers with explosive breast implants : The shocking new Al Qaeda tactic involves radical doctors inserting the explosives in women’s breasts during plastic surgery — making them “virtually impossible to detect by the usual … Read more
Last week I mentioned that food companies are beginning to phase out high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Some of the discussion that followed my post questioned whether HFCS was any different than regular table sugar. Now a Princeton University research team says it is. Research, the results of which were published in the Journal Pharmacology, … Read more
I wasn’t surprised to hear that Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of Ottawa was cancelled last night. Two thousand students showed up to protest her appearance and authorities were afraid rioting would break out, so they canned her: “What Ann Coulter is practicing is not free speech, it’s hate speech,” [one student] said. “She’s … Read more
Acupuncture… I swear by it, and I know many others who do, too. Back when it was considered mere quackery in the West, my physician father was studying it and even practiced it on his college football injuries to decrease inflammation and help with pain. Yesterday, Wall Street Journal health columnist Melinda Beck reported on … Read more
There’s a new movement afoot to restore the Sabbath, and it’s coming from a group of Jewish artists. A think tank called Reboot is behind the “Sabbath Manifesto,” a campaign encouraging people to take the seventh day of the week as a day of rest: Way back when, God said, “On the seventh day thou … Read more
Today is the feast of St. Joseph, which Margaret mentioned this morning. St. Joseph is one of my go-to saints and he doesn’t get the attention he deserves. It’s probably how he would like it, but the husband of Mary, earthly father of Jesus, deserves the highest honors. He is the patron of the universal … Read more
Frances Cardinal George of Chicago announced yesterday that he is appointing a commission to gather information about Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first known African-American Catholic priest. Cardinal George said Tolton’s prayer and assistance can help us be “a more united church.” Tolton escaped from slavery at the beginning of the Civil War, and was baptized … Read more
According to Salon‘s Jennifer Bleyer, a significant number of young hipsters are using food stamps across the country — and using them to buy things like organic vegetables, line-caught fish, and raw milk cheese. Although the majority of the 38 million Americans on food stamps are the “working poor, the elderly, and single parents on … Read more
Good news: Some food companies are beginning to listen to consumer concerns and are phasing out high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from their products. Of course, as Advertising Age reports, the decision is creating its own marketing challenges: The biggest risk is that trumpeting sugar could undermine other products in the portfolio that will continue … Read more
In “The Femivore’s Dilemma” in last Thursday’s New York Times, Peggy Orenstein looked at the surprising intersection between feminism and locovorism. Apparently, there is a noticable movement of American women leaving high-level careers to raise organic produce, home school, can vegetables, and raise chickens. Femivorism is grounded in the very principles of self-sufficiency, autonomy and … Read more
A man married a pillow in Korea. No, seriously. He dressed the Japanese anime character-themed body pillow in a wedding dress and had some kind of ceremony. When they go out to eat — as apparently, they do — he orders meals for his wife-pillow. They ride roller coasters together, for heaven’s sake. And according … Read more
The Atlantic ran an article by Corby Kummer this month exploring the question of whether Walmart may actually help small farmers and restore our citizens to health. As you can guess, I nearly choked on my breakfast. In the end, though, I found Kummer’s piece interesting. Walmart has decided to grab at the locovore, health-conscious market … Read more
As you can tell, several of the IC crew are faithful Oscar viewers. If you’re similiarly minded, here’s my report on the big night… The major surprise had to be the Best Picture winner — The Hurt Locker. In fact, it took six oscars last night, upsetting an anticipated sweep by Avatar. Adding to the … Read more
