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Is there any reason to be concerned about the effects of new entertainment technology on our hearts, emotions, minds, souls, oversouls, brain waves, karma, etc.? Check out this story from yesterday's Washington Post. LINK [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20050416/tc_washpost/a57629_

American Baby ran a piece recently about cesarean sections. It seems more Americans are having them instead of traditional births. Why? Various reasons, but one of the biggest: the mothers want to be in control of when the baby comes. As one woman explained, "It was about being able

"It is children who lead us to the gospel”¦ We are not worthy to educate them. Our lips are unclean; our dedication is not wholehearted. Our truthfulness is partial; our love divided. Our kindness is not without motives. We ourselves are not yet free of lovelessness, possessiveness, and selfishness”

We assume most people have heard of economist Steven Levitt's theory that Roe v. Wade has reduced crime by eliminating unwanted babies. In the upcoming issue of American Conservative, Steven Sailer questions whether these "preemptive executions" have really reduced crime. He makes a compelling argument that

"Hungary has refused to grant minority rights to the self-proclaimed descendants of Attila's Huns, who rampaged across parts of Europe in the fifth century." LINK [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1344048.htm].

In the Introduction to Remembered Past (see below), we found this beautiful but somewhat depressing passage: > With somber fortitude, Lukacs continues to remind us of a world, very different from our own, that rested on the cultivation of manners and morals, on a luxuriant inner life, on the ideal

The phrase "South Park Conservatives" (apparently coined for the first time in 2002), is making headway again. This time, in a book written by the same person who wrote the 2002 article. LINK [http://www.techcentralstation.com/100702A.html]. Excerpt: > The name stems from the primetime cartoon

We received a copy of ISI Book's new publication, Remembered Past: John Lukacs on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge [http://www.isi.org/books/bookdetail.aspx?id=283d712d-f2b1-4530-b22f-8e0b3b0ade25] . It's a thick volume that we delved into immediately. Eric had been acquainted with Lukacs for years, but

"In the fourth sordid case involving city teachers this week, a Queens English instructor is under investigation for having sex with two female students . . . ". LINK. [http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/300442p-257218c.html]

Betting on the new Pope is running wild, according to this story [http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/300338p-257119c.html]. Two excerpts: > "The level of interest has been nothing short of phenomenal," said Darren Haines, spokesman for top Irish bookie Paddy Power, which already has taken in