One of the most encouraging trends of the last few months has been conservatives finally admitting what most of us have always known: The “starve the beast” strategy—the idea that the best way to shrink the size of the federal government is to continually keep taxes . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t get paid to blog. But it isn’t free—for my host.First Things supports SHS and a wide range of other blogging types by supplying us gratis with broadband and the IT necessary to keep things running smoothly. I deeply appreciate this support and the wider audience that . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of publications brag about having intelligent, engaged readers. But few magazines have anything comparable to ROFTERS—“Readers Of First Things” who convene across the U.S., Canada, Spain, U.K., and New Zealand to discuss the magazine’s features. Our readership truly is . . . . Continue Reading »
I reported here a few weeks ago about a new radical thrust in environmentalism that seeks to hyper criminalize resource development as an international crime akin to genocide or crimes against humanity. At the time, I promised a more thorough analysis. It is now out in the current Weekly . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of publications brag about having intelligent, engaged readers. But few magazines have anything comparable to ROFTERS —“Readers Of First Things ” who convene across the U.S., Canada, Spain, U.K., and New Zealand to discuss the magazine’s features. Our readership truly is . . . . Continue Reading »
A street preacher in England was arrested and locked in a cell for seven hours for telling a passer-by that homosexuality is a sin in the eyes of God. As Frank Lockwood , religion editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says, “It’s ironic, isn’t it, that the nation that gave us . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Asia Times Online, I posted a new Spengler essay this morning:Memo to heads of state: beware the clever general who turns up at a tough moment, and says “Leave it to me: I can fix it for you.” Two examples come to mind. The great field marshal of the Thirty Years War of . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Well, I’ve been stuck grading a huge number of papers by the overachieving Berry College students yesterday and today. We in the sticks don’t have graders, and our students actually seem to both have fun with and take very seriously their assignments. 2. So I’m just taking a . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Schiavo has threatened to sue the Schindlers because the family named its non profit organization the “Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation”—he claims he owns the name. And, true to form, an ever compliant media fronted his cause with an unfair attack on the family. . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Schiavo has threatened to sue Terri Schiavo’s family because they named their non profit after her—the “Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation.” (MS claims he owns the name. ) And, true to form, an ever compliant media fronted his cause with an unfair attack on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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