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  • August 5, 2013
    Now scientists are working to create meat in a laboratory. To produce the patty, researchers will mix lab-grown beef muscle…
  • August 2, 2013
    George Will argues that Detriot was killed by democracy. Detroit, which boomed during World War II when industrial America was…
  • July 30, 2013
    I've recently written about the travails of the UCC in Canada. From Rod Dreher's blog comes this video of a…
  • July 25, 2013
    The inimitable Onion once again shows how satire should be done. Title: "Unambitious Loser with Happy, Fulfilling Life Still Lives…
  • July 25, 2013
    Here's a piece in the WSJ describing the evolution of police tactics and equipment that has resulted in a blurring…
  • July 25, 2013
    My oldest daughter recently graduated from college, where she has long considered a career in law. I have (at least)…
  • July 23, 2013
    Jay Walljasper--citizen of Minneapolis, former editor of Utne Reader, and among America's most insightful and humane observers of urban places--is…
  • July 18, 2013
    Berwyn, PA.  Randy Boyagoda, my old neighbor from the Catholic ghetto that grew up around the Studebaker mansion in South…
  • July 15, 2013
    The WSJ has a piece by Lee Siegel arguing that studying literature in college is a harmful activity and the…
  • July 13, 2013
    Register here. You will also find a list of speakers and a run-down of the events. It's going to be…
  • July 11, 2013
    Surprise! Factory farming creates huge piles of manure. And these piles are difficult to keep out of the water system.…
  • July 11, 2013
    Click here for a free download of an audiobook version of Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow.