I have no idea if this is true, but if it is—there should be a Congressional inquiry. Powerline—a skeptical blog. to be sure—is reporting that NASA has changed its data, taking out adjustments for the “urban island effect.” and consequently, making the apparent . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s something the other critics aren’t telling you. Still, it’s not much fun actually to watch, despite its twisted sex scenes that leave almost nothing to the imagination. If you want to talk about something else, then how about the country’s lessened hostility to . . . . Continue Reading »
We are told that Obamacare will save money by basing cost/benefit (rationing) decisions, made by centralized bureaucrats, using “evidence based medicine.” The idea—and it is all the rage—is that our ubiquitous medical studies will be able to show the cost controllers which . . . . Continue Reading »
I think Medicare Part D is a big success. It brought a long-desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it—and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked). It is very popular with . . . . Continue Reading »
Is there anything that man didnt do? Christopher Kaczor’s mother asked him after hearing his report of Ralph McInerny’s funeral Mass, and that is the theme of almost everything written about him after his death one year ago. But the admirable thing about the man . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1864, Scottish theologian Robert Candlish gave a series of lectures in Edinburgh on the theology of the Fatherhood of God. As he ended those lectures, he said “I do so with the feeling that, however inadequately I have handled my great theme, I have at least thrown out some suggestive . . . . Continue Reading »
1. This issuethe thirty-third volume of thirty-three thingsis comprised of one item each from the previous thirty-two posts, a sampling for those who might have missed the earlier editions. What do you think of our weekly Friday feature? Like it? Love it? Really, really love it? Let me . . . . Continue Reading »
Hitler vs. Stalin: Who Was Worse? , asks Timothy Snyder on the New York Review of Books ’ blog. I’m not sure what is the point of the question, since I’m not sure what you know when you have an answer, but the figures and history are interesting though readers will want to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Book: Christianity and Western Thought, Volume One: From the Ancient World to the Age of Enlightenment by Colin Brown:10 — The Gist: Outlines the changes in preconceptions, worldviews, and paradigms that have affected the ways in which people have thought about religion in general and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Book: Christianity and Western Thought, Volume One: From the Ancient World to the Age of Enlightenmen t by Colin Brown :10 — The Gist: Outlines the changes in preconceptions, worldviews, and paradigms that have affected the ways in which people have thought about religion in general and . . . . Continue Reading »