Paper Clippings The Blog of The Crossroads Cultural Center

Paper Clippings, more than a classical blog, is a service providing valuable reading material in order to help readers reach a judgment about current affairs. Comments and discussion are more than welcome.

Entries from June 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009

Sunday
Jun282009

Drawing down

This two-year old interview with Philip Longman made an interesting prediction about how an aging world population would impact an economic crisis such as the one we are seeing now.
Saturday
Jun272009

"Belief in faith" 

Peter Steinfels got a press release from Marie Claire.
Friday
Jun192009

They sure could

Medieval drawings at the MMA. The reviewer betrays some typical prejudices on the Middle Ages. Does she think people suddenly learnt how to draw in the 14th century?
Saturday
Jun132009

Constantinian?

On the Chinese government's attitude to Christianity
Monday
Jun082009

Taking the only important thing for granted

Harold Levy expresses perfectly the common wisdom of the educational establishment: improving education is achieved by keeping young people in school longer and longer. Teaching them something is regarded as entirely secondary. The fifth suggestion is a classic: to improve higher education we need stronger students. Do they grow on trees?
Monday
Jun082009

A people at work

There is something very Catholic about Pittsburgh.
Thursday
Jun042009

Moral superiority

John Waters on the Irish child abuse scandal.