Archive for June, 2010
Flemish 1 – Vatican 0
The Vatican was shocked and outraged as Belgium police took aggressive steps to halt child sexual abuse by priests in their country. Last week authorities raided Church offices; confiscated documents and computers; detained a number of conferencing bishops; and drilled into two tombs of former cardinals. The Flemish government is apparently tired of the delays [...]
Summer Reading: The Best Books . . . So Far . . . In 2010
The mid-year sunshine is time for beach towels, blue skies, and a good novel. Here are my picks . . . so far . . . for the best books in 2010.
Organ-Izer
Richard Brodsky, candidate for New York Attorney General, wants more than taxes out of us. He wants our organs. Brodsky, whose daughter received two kidney transplants, is promoting a law, called ‘presumed consent,’ that assumes all New Yorkers will provide livers, kidneys, hearts and corneas upon our death unless we opt out.
