Fate, however, has plans for Ben, who drunkenly sleeps with a bright, ambitious woman named Alison (Katherine Heigl) and gets her pregnant.

NEWYORKER: Knocked Up

If you add the mystery of Clapham Common to the legacy of back-to-basics, you begin to think that the government is tempting fate by sticking to its plans to publish a consultative paper on the family next week.

ECONOMIST: Public lives, private morals

The city plans to appeal the 10-day injunction early in the week, and thus the ultimate fate of the churches is still unclear.

WSJ: Another School Sunday for Churches