Your first response when you hear that someone goes to University of Virginia or Notre Dame is likely — “Oh, I hear the campus is beautiful.” You might also know that Virginia has a great law program, and Notre Dame is a top medieval studies institute, but that won’t color your perception of the entire...
Author: Patrick Timmis (Patick Timmis)
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Book review: ‘Bring up the Bodies’
The top song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965 was a cover by the British group Herman’s Hermits. It had only one verse, repeated ad nauseum: “I’m Henery the Eighth, I am. Henery the Eighth I am, I am! / I got married to the widow next door; she’s been married seven times...
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Q & A: Meghan Cox Gurdon
Meghan Cox Gurdon is the children’s books reviewer for the Wall Street Journal. After working as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong, Japan, Somalia, London, Ireland, and Cambodia, she retired and moved back to the States. Gurdon also writes a twice-weekly domestic column for the Washington Examiner. She was on campus this week to speak...
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Francis I elected to papacy
“I announce to you with great joy: we have a Pope.” Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, appeared on the Vatican balcony as Francis I at 8:12 p.m. local time. The crowd immediately erupted with cries of “Habemus Papam!” and “Viva la Papa!” Bergoglio served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998 and became a cardinal...
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A book worth reading
My most vivid image from a childhood spent reading is a tall, skinny man cracking his thin, spidery fingers in front of a low fire. He has a shock of grizzled, unruly hair, shining eyes, and a long, pointed nose. I still get a pleasant shiver of horror the moment he rises from his seemingly...