The idea that we can quit drilling fossil fuels and go “green” within the next few years, or the planet is DOOMED!, has always seemed a fantasy to me. Even if we actually faced a crisis—rather, than as I suspect, at worse, a problem—if it were that easy to go green it . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Having nothing original to add, let me say a few thing about the excellent recent posts. I agree with Ivan the K that being a schoolmarmish professor is not a good look for the president. It allows the Republicans to seem more manly as naughty students who just won’t behave. 2. I agree . . . . Continue Reading »
American evangelical history has been, it seems largely, driven by revival events. Whether Wesleyan, Moody, fundamentalist, or the Jesus movement, it seems that our culture has run on a roughly 40-year cycle of events. Moody, 1890ish; fundamentalists, 1930ish; Jesus movement, 1970ish. Then there are . . . . Continue Reading »
Scripture ReadingsIntroit: Ps. 91:1–2, 9–10, 13; antiphon 15-16Psalm of the Day: Ps. 32; antiphon v. 7Old Testament Lesson: Genesis 32:22–32Gradual: Ps. 91:11–12Epistle Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–7Verse: Ps. 91:1, 4a, 15a, 16Gospel Lesson: Matthew 15:21–28Lectionary . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s been all quiet on the Al Gore front recently, as Climategate and the falsehoods in the IPCC report undermined the credibility of global warming hysteria—that is, the attempt to panic us into dismantling our economies, radically redistributing wealth, and empowering unelected . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t call it a simulacrum . . . . . Continue Reading »
Humane Watch has raved about my new book. Not surprising, you might say, since a blog dedicated to being a watchdog over the stealth animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States, is hardly likely to turn thumbs down. But still: If I had gotten it wrong, the writers of the blog . . . . Continue Reading »
For those interested in a detailed discussion of the flaws in Marc Thiessen’s use of double effect to justify “enhanced interrogation techniques,” as well as a sober overall judgment about the moral status of our interrogation policies after 9/11, see Christopher Tollefsen’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I have two national radio shows scheduled next week for your listening pleasure. The first is Dennis Miller on Monday, March 1, at 8:33 AM Pacific Time. (The program may air at a different time where you live. Here’s the live link.) This will be my first time on Miller’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Bottum made the point here the other day , commenting on the tragedy in which a killer whale drowned one of his trainers, that humans have no moral claim to make against animals that would require them to respect our lives and bodily integrity. How can it be denied? That we have no rights . . . . Continue Reading »
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