If Paul Revere lived today …

He would have been thrown in jail for those lights in the Old North Church–and would never have made it out of Charles Town. Boston’s reaction to a recent publicity stunt is scary. Sounds like the judge and the courtroom observers have some common sense, however.

Our Protest

To whom it may concern: Please be advised that were our daughter to be of the appropriate age in Sept. 2008, she would NOT be receiving the recently mandated vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease. She’ll be a junior, then, not a sixth grader, so I guess it is a moot point as far as…

Surprises

Guess what? Priests in confession apply the teachings of the church on a case-by-case basis, and according to their own pastoral sensitivity, and yes, according to their own biases. John Allen is shocked–shocked!–by the Italian report. Not.

Is Jesus in the Talmud?

New book by Princeton prof says yes. Sure to stir up lots of controversy, especially since the majority of scholars, Jewish and Christian, had seen these as later interpolations. Publisher’s Weekly article is by David Klinghoffer, whose book, Why the Jews Rejected Jesus, is more blunt than most works of Jewish-Christian dialogue. He talked about…