Electing your employer

An interesting history of public sector unions.

Bountiful place

It is always remarkable how the earth is so rich of natural resources.

Companions

An interesting discussion (including some of the comments).

Weeping for a distance

For an old secular Jew, Leon Wieseltier is turning very religious.

Simply Catholic

Cardinal George has a very "important" interview with John Allen on the occasion of his new book, which will be presented in New York in a few days in collaboration with Crossroads.

Feelings

A study of young people.

Him?

There is something mysterious about the way the most unlikely people turn out to be Jewish.

In-humanities

Let us all become business majors.

Soul-mating

The evolution of divorce in the USA.

Perspective

A book review by V. D. Hanson.

Shallow

Over 20 years ago the late Irving Kristol noticed that New York was no longer the place where "large ideas" are discussed, and thought that this was due to the rise of the universities. In hindsight, what seems to have happened is that a scientistic, pragmatist culture just seems not to care very much about large ideas.

Spanish goth

There must be some deep meaning hidden behind the fashion preferences of Zapatero's daughters .

Doable

Archbishop Pezzi is strikingly hopeful about unity between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches. Read also this.

The ideology of no ideology

That is, the joy of belonging to the herd and a complete lack of seriousness.

Good question

"I stopped asking 'What am I going to do?' and started asking 'Who am I going to be?'