In my book The End of Secularism, I have a chapter which is a case study demonstrating that the high-minded adherence to secularism is easily discarded by leftists whenever they find religion convenient to their agenda. Were I to rewrite the book today, I would include the ad being run . . . . Continue Reading »
The famous French “new wave” filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard will receive an Oscar, despite his anti-semitism , at the same time being Jewish is falling out of fashion . A Jewish monks describes being a dedicated Jewish contemplative . The federal government wants to extend its power over . . . . Continue Reading »
The crisis in the humanities has “officially” arrived, Stanley Fish asserts in his October 11th piece for The New York Times . Why now? Because on October 1st, SUNY Albany decided to cut the French, Italian, classics, Russian and theatre programs from the university curriculum. The . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times declares that President Obama has said that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy “will end on my watch.” But the Department of Justice, following its tradition of defending laws passed by Congress, has fought efforts by the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay . . . . Continue Reading »
Only Nixon could go to China. And only when a Democrat is in the Oval Office can we admit that culture can be a cause of poverty : For more than 40 years, social scientists investigating the causes of poverty have tended to treat cultural explanations like Lord Voldemort: That Which Must Not Be . . . . Continue Reading »
So, I’m listening to the Dennis Miller Show on my computer, as I do every morning. I like Miller. He’s not angry. Doesn’t yell. Has a human touch. Is quick. Can be very funny. And punctures.Someone asked him, “How are we going to pay for . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s “On the Square,” Joe Carter invents another verse for the famous Sunday School hymn “Jesus Loves Me,” having to do with Scripture. “But is it enough to believe simply because the Bible tells me so?” he asks in The Bible Tells Me So . Isn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
So Democratic intellectuals are finally getting around to giving the case against the “gridlock” caused by the two “political” branches of government being controlled by different parties. Nothing will get done except through compromise! People will come to think that . . . . Continue Reading »
A leading proponent of evolutionary psychology—the phrenology of of modern times—claims Thomas Aquinas as one of their own : In 1975, Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson created a firestorm when, in his book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, he argued that human nature might be explainable in . . . . Continue Reading »
Ginny Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, may be willing to forgive, but she doesn’t forget. A few weeks ago Mrs. Thomas called Anita Hill and left this message on her voicemail : Good morning Anita Hill, it’s Ginni Thomas. I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years . . . . Continue Reading »
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