A friend sent the link to this very entertaining story — the writer, Stephanie Simon, deserves praise for the writing — which apparently is not a parody: Colorado Flying-Saucer Believers Have Ghost Hunters in Their Sights . Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t think the government should force health insurance companies to cover contraception. But under Obamacare, companies may soon be required to pay for prescribed birth control as a method of preventive health care—which Obamacare (unwisely) forces insurance to provide as a . . . . Continue Reading »
I spoke last week at the Discovery Institute in Seattle on medical conscience clauses. I shared the dais with adult stem cell researcher, Dr. Theresa Deisher, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit in which a judge found that federal funding of embryonic stem cell research violated federal law. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Some have been skeptical of my prediction below, thinking the Republicans will do somewhat better. (At this point, the Democrats’ keeping the House would end up as one of the greatest upsets in American poliitcal history.) But I note that REAL CLEAR POLITICS points toward a 50 seat pick up . . . . Continue Reading »
Today our church, Central Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, observed the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation with a special worship service. Our minister, Dr. Clyde Ervine, preached on Ezekiel 34:1-13a and Romans 10:6-17. The choir sang this wonderful version of Psalm 46 set to the Anglican . . . . Continue Reading »
See, this is what really drives people nuts and makes them want to ensure than no global warming hysteric gets anywhere near the levers of power. A Penn professor of something called “Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law,” named Donald A. Brown, wants global warming denying . . . . Continue Reading »
Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, that day back in 1517 when Martin Luther stomped up to the Wittenberg church door and nailed up his 95 Theses . It’s a big day for us; used to be, at any rate. I don’t suppose Roman Catholics pay much attention to it, but then I wouldn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
I feel it my duty to pass on some choice tidbits from a scintillating book of interviews with Pierre Manent (conducted by Benedicte Deloreme-Montini) just published in French under the title: Le Regard Politique ( Flammarion) . Here is the first (in provisional translation), from pages . . . . Continue Reading »
I had the opportunity to share some themes from my forthcoming The Reponsibility of Reason at Yale in September. A very able graduate student (Lucas Entel) responded to my work, providing a deft summary as well as some valuable questions. Now this is fundamental political philosophy, in . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not one who thinks that the global warming issue is a hoax. Rather, I think it has been promoted in an unreasonable manner that sought to create hysteria in order to panic us into supporting unwise policies, and when people resisted, a certain snobbery kicked in that viewed those who . . . . Continue Reading »
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