Category: The Lead

Twittering the CT election

The Diocese of Connecticut is electing a bishop today, and Karin Hamilton, the diocese’s director of communications, is keeping up at steady twitter stream at

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Drama queens in South Carolina

The mainstream media is South Carolina have spilled a great deal of ink on a special convention to be held today in the Diocese of South Carolina. I am not sure why. As nearly as I can tell, the five resolutions being considered will have almost no effect on the life of the diocese or the Church.

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Moral in tooth and claw

Philosophical and scientific convention pull toward a conservative account of morality: Morality is a capacity unique to human beings. But the more we study the behavior of animals, the more we find that different groups of animals have their own moral codes. That raises both scientific and philosophic questions.

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Tastes great. Fewer Trappists.

It came as a surprise to discover that monks were no longer involved in the beer-making at Trappist brewer Westmalle during a visit to research for a feature of Trappist beers.

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