Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church

Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems clear that America’s leading political and intellectual elite is growing increasingly naïve. How else can one explain their predilection for adopting unlikely—even bizarre—solutions to problems their grandparents solved easily and without fuss.

Take teenage pregnancy, for example. Mayor Bloomberg of New York is tackling this serious problem by stepping . . . → Read More: Why fings ain’t wot they yoosed ter be

Many years ago, I overheard three distinguished and decidedly rotund bishops discussing the subject of sin. They ultimately decided that gluttony was their favorite. I find it hard to disagree with their assessment—albeit, thanks to heart surgery, I have recently (and, I hasten to add, quite involuntarily) joined the ranks of the trim and buff.

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