On battling the errors of modernity

From Fr. John Augustine Zahm, c.s.c’s 1896 Evolution and Dogma, a passage that gave pause to me:
To attempt to cope with the modern spirit of error by means of antiquated and discarded weapons of offense and defense, were as foolish as to pit a Roman trireme or a medieval galley against a modern steel cruiser [...]

More Culture11 goodness!

Joe Carter offers a thoughtful, lucid, important disagreement with Mr Suderman’s post on the GOP’s platform plank respective stem-cell research.
First of all, there is no real need for embryo-destructive research. Last November, scientists discovered how to create embryonic-type stem cells that can be produced directly from ordinary human skin cells, without first creating or [...]

Watch this: You’ll feel better.

Mr Sullivan has posted an amazing short video, that of lightning in slow-motion. It’s wicked cool.