current affairs

Promoting the family from rosclarke 841 days old

Here's a thing that hasn't changed. In the search for pleasure, many Romans remained unmarried, numerous marriages remained childless, divorces ...

Huh from rosclarke 947 days old

What happens when a world-famous violinist busks at a Metro station in Washington, D.C., for an hour? Find out here.

Revival in the UK from rosclarke 981 days old

This fascinating article following a recent debate about the existence of God seems to suggest that a tide may be turning. John Humphrys, an unbeliever ...

Writing letters from rosclarke 995 days old

Something I like to do from time to time is write letters. I don't mean personal letters to friends and family (though I do also sometimes do that). ...

Abdication from rosclarke 1014 days old

I've been asked a few times recently whether or when I think the Queen is likely to abdicate. I know this issue is debated in the UK too (though I think ...

Snubbed from rosclarke 1019 days old

http://www.nbc10.com/news/10851426/detail.html You'd think they could at least have stopped by for tea. HT: Karyn

Stopped in my tracks from rosclarke 1065 days old

by an item on today's PM asking the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, to explain how he came to be knocked unconscious and lose his briefcase on his way ...

For Tony Blair and George Bush, should they happen to be reading from rosclarke 1073 days old

In the article I linked to in the last post, Richard Cunningham cited Benjamin Franklin (who at one time or another did something important enough in ...

Three cheers for the Guardian... from rosclarke 1074 days old

(and it's not often you'll hear me say that!) for being politically incorrect enough and wonderfully liberal enough to print Richard Cunningham's article ...

Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it from rosclarke 1129 days old

Ben Witherington blogs about last week's shootings in the Amish country.