The most interesting news story of the day concerns the actual mechanism used by the Chinese authorities to censor the internet. It’s not what you’d expect — rather than a direct filter on content, it’s a 21st-century variant of the “Panopticon”. Thanks to Andy Bostom, C. Cantoni, El Ing...

This has been on my calendar for a while. Emma, as you no doubt are aware, is the hugest Pixar fan ever.She’s been counting down to the Wall-E DVD release for quite a while. Probably since we saw it at the movie theatre. So she has been looking forward to the day she could go to the store and ...

First a couple of observations about the new sound system at the Carl May. Do we have the right kind of microphones up on the dais, and are they adjusted correctly? It seems that to be heard well a speaker must keep his mouth within just a very few inches of the microphone, suggesting these mikes wo...

Gay people in Massachusetts won marriage equality. Five years later, the sun still rises and and sets, the mountains haven’t crumbled, the oceans haven’t boiled, and — most shocking of all — heterosexual marriage appears to be doing just fine. Over 11,000 same-sex marriages later, ne...

Okay - previously I stated tomorrow being Thanksgiving.  This, whether because of wishful thinking or my not having a 9-to-5 right now (I find it harder to keep up with holidays when I'm not constantly reminded of them by co-workers), is just plain wrong.  Therefore, there will be a post t...

Ladies and gentlemen, if you need but one reason to watch the updated 90210 allow me to give one to you: No other prime time drama offers such probing insight into the world of high school lacrosse. And if that doesn't do it, how about cat fights, new and old? We pick up this week exactly where we s...

Via e-mail from Christian Solidarity Worldwide: We are writing to request your urgent prayer and action on behalf of a Cuban pastor who has now spent six months in prison. Pastor Omar Gude Pérez was detained in Camaguey on 22 May 2008 and subsequently charged with “Human Trafficking”. Following...

America is a nation of proud people. Proud of their country, proud of their image, proud of their beliefs. The feeling of collective confidence is probably more developed than in any other nation on the globe. That pride does not skip the cinema, and by the calendar alone, it is easy to guess which ...

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I don't know if you've ever heard Father Roy Bourgeois speak, but I have a lot of respect for somebody who has put his life on the line to reminds us of the better angels of our nature. He has been a staunch opponent of the School of the Americas, and has spent a great deal of his life standing up a...