A friend calls my attention to a bit of a brouhaha that erupted in January 2008, when then candidate Barack Obama gushed about how much he liked the character of Omar Little in the HBO television series, “The Wire.” Obama told the Las Vegas Sun,I gotta say Omar’s a great guy. . . . . Continue Reading »
I forget how exactly I stumbled across this, but I found it strangely beautiful. . . . . Continue Reading »
A nurse who went on the Internet to teach people how to commit suicide has lost his license. From the story:Using the online aliases “Li Dao” and “Falcon Girl,” a male nurse from southern Minnesota participated in international suicide chat rooms and presented himself . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is a bit more from the article I’m working on (slowly) on the defenders of the nation (such as Scruton and Manent) in Europe today. It has something vaguely to do with our president and his Nobel Prize and even Krauthammer’s article in THE WEEKLY STANDARD about the dangers in . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-life Americans should focus on restricting abortion at the state level , says Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest: A vibrant movement to restrict abortion at the state level continues: Over the last year, our legal team has provided assistance in 30 states where pro-life . . . . Continue Reading »
Bruce Bartlett, who served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explains how the shift to an anti-tax philosophy caused the Republican Party to become the party of big government : The supply-siders are to a large extent responsible for this mess, myself included. We opened . . . . Continue Reading »
I just lost my lunch all over my desk watching the Youtube promo for this “Alma Mater” release of “Music from the Vatican,” voiced-over by Pope Benedict. They keep saying “it works, it just works,” but I suppose that what they mean is that it will work if they make a . . . . Continue Reading »
(HT: Ignatius Scoop ) When I came across this general invitation by Amazing Grace Baptist Church (Canton, NC) to participate in its October 31 book-burning, bar-b-que and worship service I was disappointed that none of my own published works were deemed worthy of incineration. I would have thought . . . . Continue Reading »
I have an article in the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) newsletter about the continuing effort by many within the Medical Intelligentsia to redefine death toward the end of expanding the organ donor pool. From my column:For years, organ transplant ethicists and some in the bioethics . . . . Continue Reading »
I love dogs and cats as much as most and have loved my pets deeply. But they are not children and shouldn’t be treated as if they were under the law. Now, a bill has been tossed in the hopper that would grant tax deductions for the expenses of caring for pets. From the story:Should you . . . . Continue Reading »
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