Survey: Catholic Infant Baptisms Decline EWTN News A few Catholics still insist Galileo was wrong L.A. Times , Manya A. Brachear Politics and religion can mix L.A. Times , Charlotte Allen Promote Democracy: Start at Home, but Don’t Stop at Home Public Discourse , Jennifer S. Bryson American . . . . Continue Reading »
It occurs to me that we need to start some kind of contest on who can think of the most important way Tocqueville was wrong (hint: Ignoring the Declaration of Independence has been done). Meanwhile, here’s a neglected aspect of his teaching on religion (which is all good): Christianity and . . . . Continue Reading »
Leland Ryken on the 400th anniversary on the King James Bible : Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I in March 1603, King James of Scotland became the ruling monarch of England. Somewhere along the way south to London his procession was met by a group of Puritans who presented him with a list of . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Despite the scenario differences, Pete and I agree that we need a candidate that’s an articulate policy wonk. 2. That means, at this point, Romney or Christie. 3. Romney just can’t can’t the love going, and he won’t win Republican primaries. 4. Christie is a conservative . . . . Continue Reading »
Some thoughts, a) I’m trying to figure out how Romney beats an uncrippled Perry straight up. So far, I’ve got nothing. b) I’m not so worried about Congress actually passing cuts that are too harsh (I would oppose such cuts, I just don’t seem them as . . . . Continue Reading »
This season’s Torchwood, which was once fun science fiction—a spinoff of Dr. Who—has this season, become great science fiction. Shades of Death Takes a Holiday, the plot line has human death suddenly stopping, beginning with a child sexual predator/killer who survives his . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So the advice to Romney about not choking is sound. He certainly shouldn’t be attacking Perry. David Brooks on THE NEW HOUR gave him the ridiculous advice of trying to taint Rick wtih corruption, of portraying him as just another Delay. It doesn’t seem to me that Perry is . . . . Continue Reading »
I think that prisoners should have a less robust right to refuse medical treatment than the rest of us because they, by definition, have lost their right to personal autonomy. This isn’t to say it shouldn’t exist, but it is to say that prison officials should have a limited ability . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s a parody. It must be. A normal hurricane, not huge as these things go and the first to hit the USA in three years, takes an unusual—but certainly not unprecedented—path up the East Coast’s most populated areas, and the hysterics start screaming about global . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Future of Capitalism , Ira Stoll suggests that, with Hurricane Irene making landfall, we can expect to hear the usual complaints about, and defenses of, price gouging: If the usual pattern holds, opportunistic politicians will soon be out denouncing price-gouging connected with Hurricane . . . . Continue Reading »
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