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Author Archives: Heather Mac Donald
Religion red in tooth and claw
I’ve been reading about Jan Kupecky, a Baroque Bohemian portraitist, whose paintings I fell in love with in Prague several years ago. (This lousy reproduction does not begin to convey the extraordinarily modern irony and chiseled delicacy of this sitter’s … Continue reading
Blessing the subway
Earlier this month, the new Catholic archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, visited a subway construction site in Manhattan to offer his blessing: “Bless this tunnel, those who are constructing it, and those who will use it.” Such an act … Continue reading
The Terminator in desperate straits
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger found time to attend a Sacramento prayer breakfast last week in the midst of California’s budget crisis. Last year, he assured the Catholic Health Assembly in San Diego that he would call on God’s power to … Continue reading
Preaching from reason: a contradiction in terms?
I was sympathetically reading this profile of the preacher of what the New York Times claims is New York’s largest church. The Rev. A.R. Bernard has built his ministry around the responsibility of men, according to the Times, a message … Continue reading
Religion and rights
A review of a new book by Simon Schama about American culture makes the usual argument that religion, not Enlightenment values, was responsible for abolishing slavery and expanding civil rights for blacks: The main weapon in both the fight against … Continue reading
Mary avoids consubstantiation with a tortilla
The Virgin Mary has been spotted in a California restaurant griddle, which has since been retired from use and turned into a shrine. No word yet from the Church about the authenticity of the sighting, though a local associate pastor … Continue reading
Gay marriage and unintended consequences
The biggest social problem in the U.S. today is the crime and academic achievement gap between blacks and whites. The academic achievement gap (several grade levels and 200 SAT points (old system)) distorts our pedagogy, academic hiring and admissions, and … Continue reading
The Pope visits L’Aquila
The Pope finally made it to L’Aquila today, the epicenter of an earthquake that killed 295 in Italy’s Abruzzo region on April 6. Driving rain, cold, and mud continue to beset the occupants of the tent cities established for the … Continue reading
Irrationality watch: Among the pandemicists
There were over 100 auto fatalities a day in the U.S. in 2008, a number that was celebrated for being so low. So far, there have been no deaths from the swine flu outside of Mexico, where 149 fatalities are … Continue reading
Jesus, the Auto Czar
The choice of West Point, Ga., as the base for a new Kia Motors Company plant reflects Jesus’s recognition of the town’s superior merits, as opposed to, say, those of Birmingham.