I think there is more to this story than an eye roll. Delusional or paranoid people used to insist they were Napoleon or Jesus Christ, or perhaps that the CIA or space aliens had implanted electrodes in their fillings to track their every move. Now, apparently, these mental illnesses are playing out . . . . Continue Reading »
Here we go again! The push to transform the most ill and disabled living human bodies into so many organ farms continues among some bioethicists and within organ transplant ethical discourse. Now, an article in the American Journal of Bioethics, written by organ . . . . Continue Reading »
I like all the “Beach Goth Noise-Pop” music I linked to last time, and have a real fondness for a number of the bands. But now it’s time for some critical observations. The major objections to this music are three: 1. It doesn’t swing, and the blues has been totally bleached . . . . Continue Reading »
For pomoconites who are interested in the Constitution, and who have some time, I invite you to read (and comment on) an article I wrote for the CRB, which just appeared. It can be found at (and if I knew how to link it I would): . . . . Continue Reading »
The current First Things unfurls Ephraim Radner’s hard-hitting critique of Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation , titled The Reformation Wrongly Blamed (subscription required). A different Protestant response to Gregory’s book comes by way of the evangelical historian . . . . Continue Reading »
The political left just does not get the concept of “death panels,” and/or intentionally conflate it with ethical approaches to refusing treatment in order to confuse people for political purposes. This is clear from a Time summary of Joe Klein’s cover story . . . . Continue Reading »
Real Clear Politics has run a pretty good article on the pros and cons of Romney picking Bob McDonnell for Vice President. The article quotes Quentin Kidd as saying that McDonnell’s social issues record could hurt Romney among some women and “If . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers may recall our coverage of last week’s Orthodox Jewish gathering at Citi Field, which discussed the issues Internet use poses for a traditional religious community. Pope Benedict XVI, it turns out, issued a proclamation on new media on the same day, as Nicholas Frankovich points out . . . . Continue Reading »
Tocqueville’s observation is the unencumbered democratic “I” is too isolated and disoriented to be sustainable. Thinking and acting in freedom depend on social content—on even dogmatic premises—that one can’t provide for oneself. It’s not enough to know what I . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Today’s birthdays: BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARILYN MONROE 2. Yesterday’s birthdays: WALT WHITMAN and CLINT EASTWOOD Anerican Studies mid-term questions: Explain how each of those remarkable and in many ways admirable human beings could be no one other than an American. Compare and contrast . . . . Continue Reading »
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