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Well, We Can Hope, Anyway "THE SUICIDE of Hunter S. Thompson, aged 65, according to the New York Times, or 67, according to the Washington Post, at his home in Aspen, may definitively mark the conclusion of the chaotic 'baby-boomer' rebellion that began in the 1950s and

We Didn't Say It CBS News veteran Dan Rather, who's leaving the anchor chair next week amid lingering embarrassment over the President Bush-National Guard flap, is under no illusions that everyone wishes him well. "If I went to Times Square this afternoon and immolated myself,

God Bless Clerics with Guts Excerpt from the Rocky Mountain News: "Verbal fisticuffs broke out Tuesday between Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput and a luncheon audience that challenged him to defend the church's role in public life. "'Why do (religions) feel they have to impose their

The Real Feminine Mystique? The following paragraph from an otherwise forgettable book review [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-1496529,00.html] on the Times Online startled us a bit. We're not saying it's true, funny, or anything else. Just kind of eyebrow-raising: "As

MD and CA The Washington Post opens a story [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2544-2005Mar2.html?sub=new] this morning with an impartial paragraph (cough, snicker) about Maryland's attempt to fund stem cell research: “John L. Kellermann III has had Parkinson's disease for 13 years,

More Wood than Holly Is the free market failing us in Hollywood? We thought the free market automatically gave the consumer what they want. It's not, at least according to the following information that we gleaned from the March 2005 issue of Touchstone: "Movies with a '

Interview About Mother Teresa We've mentioned twice how much we enjoyed David Scott's new book about Mother Teresa, A Revolution of Love. Beliefnet has posted an interview with Scott [http://beliefnet.com/story/161/story_16158_1.html], for anyone who wants more information. Here'

Another Lewis Pub For those clicking over from Eric Scheske's regular Wednesday column on Catholic Exchange, we found a picture of another of C.S. Lewis' favorite pubs, The Trout and The Six Bells. We found it at a blog called Inn at the End of the

Readers: You will find the feature publication, The Wednesday Eudemon, after this post. The Big Sex Hollywood has always been a left-leaning town, but now it's combined with a lot of violence and sex. A new book might offer additional insight into the unsavory glamour. The New Logic

Issue XIII We come to a number that can't be divided by any other number. Some speculate that's the reason 13 came to be seen as an unlucky number. Thirteen, after all, follows 12, and 12 is amenable to all sorts of division. The sudden jolt