This week’s potpourri is a mix of serious and sunny…

Cato Institute scholars respond to the State of the Union.

Next week, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz will be commemorated. For Auschwitz Museum, A Time of Great Change.

Can someone who understands monetary explain this to me? Because this seems like a really bad idea: E.C.B. Stimulus Calls for 60 Billion Euros in Monthly Bond-Buying.

An interview with the author of an important book on American Christianity: Molly Worthen, “Apostles of Reason”.

Teaching a class on apocalyptic literature has me nostalgic about BSG: How the last decade of genre television failed ‘Battlestar Galactica’.

Pope Francis Offends Rabbit Breeders With His Recent Birth Control Remarks.

‘One of the greatest unanswered questions of all time will inevitably go down in history as: “Why did Microsoft change the normal.dot template of MS Word to Calibri 11 with extra spacing and multiple lines?” The question following that will be: “Who on this planet actually enjoys using this style?” My speculations and further comments on the matter cannot be written in a public venue.’ Amen!!