Obamacare was supposed to be about providing “affordable” health insurance for all. But now, smokers and the obese may face penalties, perhaps even as high as 50%! From the story:Despite opposition from more than 50 health groups, the Finance Committee approved an amendment . . . . Continue Reading »
I must confess that I wasn’t entirely expecting Conor to go in the direction that he did in his reply to my question for him about l’Affaire Latimer. In this case, I think the people is a very well-defined concept. It refers to all the citizens of the United States of America. The same . . . . Continue Reading »
On a recent edition Coffee & Markets , a series of brief morning podcasts on politics and the marketplace, Francis Cianfrocca and Ben Domenech discuss the new the First Things article by Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps on the nature of economic freedom, the virtues of capitalism, and the moral . . . . Continue Reading »
Illustrations from an early twentieth century manual on “social hygiene.” Questions provoked by these images: 1. What’s the “bad literature” the young girl is reading? 2. Can you imagine sixty being a “venerable old age”? (In 1900, the life expectancy of a . . . . Continue Reading »
This probably tops the list of ” things that no one is actually saying “: In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her “dear friend” and “chit-chat buddy” Oprah Winfrey, as well as . . . . Continue Reading »
I reported earlier today that scientists have concluded that we did not evolve from apes. In response, a source sent me a book review that appeared in the New Scientists I had missed. It turns out that our apparent genetic closeness does not mean that we are that closely related to . . . . Continue Reading »
Human exceptionalism received a boost today with the news that human beings apparently did not evolve from apes. From the story:The skeleton of an early human who lived 4.4 million years ago shows that humans did not evolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors, researchers reported on Thursday. . . . . Continue Reading »
HARPERS thought Peter Minowitz had some more explaining to do in his defense of Strauss and Straussians. And I think his answers will be helpful to non- and anti-Straussians. We learn, for example, that Strauss became less Nietzschean and less militaristic over time, but not less pro-American or . . . . Continue Reading »
A great shell game is being played by supporters of Obamacare. Abortion isn’t “in the bill,” they loudly proclaim, and “illegal aliens aren’t covered.” Yet, as they loudly decry those worried about such matter as “lying about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Another day, another tale of child exploitation. From ABC News : In the Spring of 1988, a young woman who knew [high school teacher Kevin Jennings] was gay, brought to his office a high school sophomore whom Jennings called “Brewster” in the book. As Jennings wrote: “’Brewster . . . . Continue Reading »
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