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CERC BI-WEEKLY UPDATE - March 6, 2008 NEW RESOURCES EDITORIALS OF INTEREST EDUCATION MATTERS Note from the Managing Editor: William F. Buckley Jr. passed to his reward on February 27. In remembrance of this remarkable man you’ll find three articles in our own "New Resources" section and another three linked to on other sites in the "Editorials of Interest" section. As George Weigel described him, “Bill Buckley may have been the most publicly influential U.S. Catholic of the 20th century; he would certainly be on any serious list of the top five.” Regarding Mr. Buckley, you'll want to read Peggy Noonan's "May We Not Lose His Kind" and you'll want to catch the flavour of Bill Buckley by watching the video clip at the bottom of Peggy Noonan's contribution. Be sure also to read David Brooks’ "Remembering the Mentor" from the New York Times. Fr. de Souza explains how Bill Buckley's Catholicism shaped his public life in "Buckley’s Catholic Legacy".
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Finally, I owe you all an apology. It was brought to my attention by one of our Spanish subscribers that the article “Ritual of Dealing With Demons Undergoes a Revival”, which appeared in the Washington Post and was linked to in the last update, should never have gone out from this web site. And it certainly shouldn't have. God bless you. - J. Fraser Field This CERC Bi-Weekly Update is also available on our web site here.
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• Remembering the Mentor - David Brooks - New York Times • Pro-Homosexual Booklet to Be Distributed to All 16,000 US School Districts - LifeSiteNews.com • The Ivory Tower Leans Left, but Why? - Wall Street Journal • What Students Don't Know About History: The Latest Findings - History news Network • Teaching Boys and Girls Separately - New York Times Magazine • Obama and Vouchers - New York Sun • Lessons learned - Gadfly • Troublemaker - Education Next May We Not Lose His Kind - Peggy Noonan - Wall Street Journal William F. Buckley Jr. was a national treasure whose energy was a kind of optimism.
Buckley’s Catholic Legacy - Rev. Raymond J. de Souza - National Catholic Register When William F. Buckley Jr. died on Feb. 27 at age 82, it was noted that he was a Catholic.
Having been my father’s remote control, I recall one Sunday afternoon in the 1960s being told to stop and back up to the “educational channel,” as it was called.
It is said that when the British public is asked, ‘What is your favourite poem?’, the one chosen by most people is Kipling’s ‘If’.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy is an unlikely scourge of European secularism: He is on his third marriage and has been called the “playboy president” by his critics.
When Christ told his disciples that his teaching provided them with a liberating truth (“You will know the truth and the truth will set you free”), he was, at the same time, offering a blueprint for a liberal education.
The Sabbath challenge to the petty gods of profit.
As Long As They Spell Our Names Right - Rev. Richard John Neuhaus - First Things Why is religion so little and so poorly reported in the media, or is it?
An age when grammar meant something - Wayne Eyre - National Post As a former English teacher, I like to think that I have a respectable grasp of English grammar. It’s a mixed blessing, however: I’m forever wincing at grammatical gaffes.
Crisis turns to confidence - John Pontifex - Aid to the Church in Need A bishop in one of Sudan’s most war-damaged regions has spoken of the people’s renewed sense of hope in a diocese where Catholics have trebled in number.
Uncovering the science of the sexes - Anne Marie Owens - National Post Biology, not patriarchy, is the culprit behind gender inequality in the workplace, a Montreal psychologist argues.
Questions for Father General - George Weigel - The Catholic Difference William's presence in the family these past 20 months has been a happy reminder that nothing so sweetly pulls us out of ourselves as a baby.
Opening a window on closed campus minds - Barbara Kay - National Post A new documentary shows how repressive university political correctness has become.
Pascal for Today - Peter Kreeft - preface to Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensées Pascal is the first postmedieval apologist.
A Christian in Bethlehem - Rev. Raymond J. de Souza - National Post It must be wearying for those who live here, in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, always explaining themselves and the situation to a never-ending flow of visitors.
Remembering the Mentor - David Brooks - New York Times When I was in college, William F. Buckley Jr. wrote a book called “Overdrive” in which he described his glamorous lifestyle.
A Life Athwart History - Washington Post Those who think Jack Nicholson's neon smile is the last word in smiles never saw William F. Buckley's. 
Q&A on William F. Buckley - New York Times Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of The Times Book Review and Week in Review, is writing a biography of William F. Buckley Jr., who died Wednesday.
Pope Receives New U.S. Ambassador - Catholic Online (video) Receiving the new US ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon.
The Inner Life of the Cell - YouTube.com What happens inside your cells. A movie made by some geniuses at Harvard.
Barack Obama's Catholic Problem - Inside Catholic In early January I wrote a column arguing that Barack Obama "will not win the Catholic vote." Although Obama has won eleven primaries in a row, his "Catholic problem" is emerging in voting patterns and early media skirmishes.
Mad World of Barack Obama - Creative Minority Report A video essay about the kind of change Barack Obama really supports.
Media: Just say no . . . to Moses - Get Religion It usually happens during Holy Week each year — a new rash of media pieces attempting to undermine miraculous stories about Jesus and his life.
'Miracle' baby arrives after abortion recommended - WorldNetDaily.com Review ordered after unborn incorrectly diagnosed as blind, deaf.
Illinois License Plate "1" - Whispers in the Loggia Eighty-two years ago this summer, the "Red Special" left New York's Grand Central Station en route to American Catholicism's new frontier.
Man meets veteran named on POW-MIA bracelet - mlive.com For 36 years, Vietnam veteran Bob Wagner of Saginaw has worn a POW-MIA bracelet on his wrist, praying for the person whose name was on it.
Concerns remain for some now that Ave Maria clinic is open - Naples News.com The medical clinic in Ave Maria, which drew national attention when the town’s co-founder boasted about its restrictions on contraception, opened for business Monday amid continued concerns from civil liberties groups.
Mis lit: Is this the end for the misery memoir? - Telegraph As two 'mis lit' memoirs destined for the bestseller lists are revealed to be works of fiction, Ed West reports on the almighty backlash against a classic of the genre.
Different route could have seen Archbishop on a bus - Independent.ie Diarmuid Martin might have become a busman rather than a high-flying Vatican diplomat for three decades and now the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.
The Tears of Abraham - On the Square blog In his meditation on the sources of human community, “Death and Politics,” Jody Bottum makes a case for the foundational importance of death, mourning, and the grave.
Try a Little Tenderness - Peggy Noonan - Wall Street Journal Barack Obama's biggest draw is not his eloquence.
Christ Our Hope - US Papal Visit An Apostolic Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States (April 15-20).
Defending Life and Dignity - Leon Kass - Weekly Standard How, finally, to ban human cloning.
Welcome, Madam Ambassador - Whispers This morning, the Pope received the credential letters of the newly-arrived US ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon.
Worshippers of Death - Wall Street Journal Zahra Maladan is an educated woman who edits a women's magazine in Lebanon. She is also a mother, who undoubtedly loves her son.
God's Approval Ratings - Opinion Journal Deputy Taste Editor Naomi Shaefer Riley has the latest survey results on religion in America.
Exhumed - Whispers in the Loggia In preparation for a late April viewing to mark the 40th anniversary of his death, the body of St Pio of Pietrelcina — "Padre Pio," the Capuchin stigmatist and mystic who's almost a member of the Trinity in the Italian consciousness — was exhumed at his San Giovanni Rotondo shrine last night.
The Indispensable Man - New York Times In my high school yearbook (Collegiate School, class of 1970), there’s a photo of me wearing a political button.
Reflections on politics and death - Rex Murphy - Globe and Mail “I gotta use words when I talk to you.” - T.S. Eliot
No Obama Care for Terri Schiavo - The American Spectator The Democrats favor "universal health care for all" save at the most crucial moments of life, its beginning and end. The unborn and disabled elderly won't enjoy Barack Obama's largesse and fervent hopes for All Good Things.
Words Matter - Slate Cliché, not plagiarism, is the problem with today's pallid political discourse.
To Tithe Or Not To Tithe? - CBS News Sunday Morning: A Spirited Debate Over The Power Of Giving In The Lives Of Believers.
Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location - New York Times It was nearly hidden on a New York City Transit public service placard exhorting subway riders not to leave their newspaper behind when they get off the train.
Pro-Homosexual Booklet to Be Distributed to All 16,000 US School Districts - LifeSiteNews.com Book specifically instructs teacher to "avoid" discussing the idea that homosexual inclinations can be changed.
The Ivory Tower Leans Left, but Why? - Wall Street Journal That liberals dominate the faculties of American universities would seem to be a settled question.
What Students Don't Know About History: The Latest Findings - History news Network For most people, the popular culture is far more influential via movies, television, the Internet, radio, and other forms of mass media than what is taught in school.
Teaching Boys and Girls Separately - New York Times Magazine On an unseasonably cold day last November in Foley, Ala., Colby Royster and Michael Peterson, two students in William Bender’s fourth-grade public-school class, informed me that the class corn snake could eat a rat faster than the class boa constrictor.
Obama and Vouchers - New York Sun No sooner had we issued Elizabeth Green's dispatch under the headline "Obama Open to Private School Vouchers" than his campaign was scrambling to undo the potential damage with the Democratic primary electorate.
Lessons learned - Gadfly Yes, I've learned plenty in the 57 years since I entered 1st grade in Dayton, Ohio's Fairview Elementary School, and the four decades since I taught social studies at Newton High School in Massachusetts. Let me share a dozen of the most profound lessons.
Troublemaker - Education Next In February 2008, Princeton University Press released Troublemaker, the memoir of Education Next senior editor and veteran education reformer Chester E. “Checker” Finn. Subscribe/Unsubscribe | |
