Risk aversion sends yen to 13-year high versus U.S. dollar

The pound has fallen to a 5-year low against the dollar, and the euro continues to fall as well, as currency speculators become nervous. But the yen has been the biggest beneficiary of the nervousness."Mounting...

Diary of a shut-in

A brave first person account of panic and anxiety disorders.  It's rare for mental health issues to receive a colourful and realistic treatment in the news, so I thought this was an important article. ...

Brazil Transfixed by 4th Anorexia Death

"The deaths of four young women in recent weeks from anorexia - a disorder characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, an aversion to food and severe weight loss - have been splashed across the front pages of newspapers nationwide. The subject has become a morbid...

On black vestments

On the use of black vestments: Shawn Tribe at New Liturgical Movement recalls their use and purposes.  The aversion to black (one of the proper liturgical colors) is a minor symptom of the liturgical guazzabuglio; still: one does the best one can.  

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