I'm working with Victoria Ward and her colleagues over at Sparknow at the moment evaluating a set of stories for their likely impact. We do a lot of story impact assessment at Anecdote because when we collect stories we always end up with too many to use in a workshop and therefore must select a sub...

On the Closing of Another Major Newspaper and on Journalism in General: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum) These musings were triggered by the following article courtesy of Matt Drudge: Seattle paper says workers told jobs will end As someone who feels bad for those who fall on hard t...

Four chapters into my novel (!), which I’ll blog more about once I’m finished the 75,000-word draft, I thought I’d take a break and point you to a column by the fabulous Star Parker (love her!). All Star Parker’s op-eds are worth reading, especially the latest, alternatively ...

There's no denying it. Obama's campaign ran like a well-oiled machine, with the main stream media performing routine maintenance and tune-ups along the way. Now, however, it looks like the train is heading a bit up-hill, and it's showing signs of some wear. This is especially noticeable when one of ...

“America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found,” according to a new survey published by CNN. The above statement is exactly why IR...

World Net Daily has an interesting piece concerning Wikipedia and the treatment of Barack Obama's biographical page. Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility Mention of citizenship issues deleted in minutes, 'offending' users banned Wikipedia, the online "free encyclopedia" mega-site written and edited en...

Some of you will no doubt recall mention of a forthcoming book that carries a rather important preface by Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship (see Clear Words of Msgr Ranjith on the Flaws of the Postconciliar Liturgical Reforms and the Need for a Reform o...

Section: Computers, Hardware There hasn’t been a whole lot of improvements in hard drive technology in the past few years aside from increasing capacities.  Sure, there’s the advent of the SSD, but it’s still way too expensive for most people.  For the most part we’...

I just got a Kindle 2 a couple days ago. Prior to ordering it, I was sort of skeptical of the concept of the Kindle. I didn’t really get the concept of reading a book on what essentially appeared to be an over-sized calculator. But after getting my Kindle 2 and playing around with it, I’...

Recently Solemn Vespers took place at the Conventual Church of St. John of Jerusalem, with members of the Institute of Christ the King, to celebrate the decree granting pontifical right to the ICRSS. Here are a few photos of the event. A reception was held following the event. Photos copyright Mike ...