Ignoring that New Jersey voters recently rejected a $450 boondoggle bond issue to pay for embryonic stem cell research, New York State is funding the research to the tune of $600 million without even giving the people a chance to vote on the issue. And those behind the effort have no intention of . . . . Continue Reading »
Or is that bloggers who blog about Karl Barth ? In any event, there’s a second annual conference scheduled for June, and Der Evangelische Theologe is calling for digital papers. Imagine, though, if Barth did have a blog. “Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and . . . . Continue Reading »
On Monday, Nathaniel wrote about college endowments and proposed legislation. The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy debates the question, “Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?” here . . . . . Continue Reading »
So, last night, I took my daughter to her first live college basketball game— Georgetown vs. St. John’s , at Madison Square Garden. She told me it was the best game she’d ever seen, which is a little bit sad—I’m such a bad father!—because the playing was . . . . Continue Reading »
Amanda, the story you linked to caught my eye this morning, selfishly, because the cancer medication that was contaminated and caused the paralysis—methotrexate—is one of the drugs I take (though for arthritis, not cancer, treatment). But I don’t know if pro-lifers should be jumping . . . . Continue Reading »
Almost 200 Chinese cancer patients have been paralyzed by contaminated drugs, says a New York Times article today. And seeing that it’s hard to buy anything that doesn’t boast a “made in China” gold label, it’s not particularly surprising that the same drug maker . . . . Continue Reading »
This New York Times article on Washington think tanks. This article in the current issue of the Weekly Standard on the connection between religion and the death penalty. I’ve been called “religious” once or twice in the past, but, not being a supporter of capital punishment, I . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . may be this . People are aghast when I tell them I have never seen a single episode of the cartoon, which seems to have been on since Uncle Miltie was causing gender confusion back in the days when doctors did cigarette commercials. And my resistance is by no means due to some anti-TV . . . . Continue Reading »
Barely a week goes by when I don’t recommend Jody’s “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” to someone—it’s one of my five favorite pieces ever to run in First Things. I did so at a dinner last night when the conversation turned to the divisions that still . . . . Continue Reading »
I commute to work on the NYC subway system every day, a routine no longer subject to the provisions enumerated in the UN Convention Against Torture owing to a jurisdiction dispute. One of the ways the Transit Authority mollifies those of us trapped into favoring it with our custom is to post . . . . Continue Reading »
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