First there was Wikipedia, the global collaborative encyclopedia of virtually everything worth knowing — and, admittedly, a lot we’d be better off not knowing. Then there was open-source software — free, downloadable software that is also part of a collaborative effort. Now we have . . . . Continue Reading »
The Iraq “surge” required Iranian forbearance in order to keep US casualty rates down and make the Bush administration look good. Republican salvation history portrays the “surge” as the Bush administration’s greatest accomplishment. The trouble is that Iran now has the . . . . Continue Reading »
Big box stores hide the “high cost of cheap” , which includes not only environmental problems but “a living-standard masquerade at the twilight of middle-class prosperity.” Ridiculing celebrities for their interest in Africa does address the real problem of celebrity work . . . . Continue Reading »
They don’t get it either. A few months ago I complained that the House Republicans were out of touch with the conservative movemen t. Turns out that many of the leaders of the Tea Party are too . A gay conservative group and some Tea Party leaders are campaigning to keep social issues off the . . . . Continue Reading »
This year’s Life Prizes have just been announced. In past years, the $600,000 in awards have been split among winners such as Lila Rose (who recently wrote about her pro-life adventures in the October issue of FT). This year’s winners are: Jeanne Head (a UN representative for National . . . . Continue Reading »
The notorious Gunther von Hagens—who plasticizes the dead—is now selling his bodies, perhaps for use in home decoration. From the story:The German entrepreneur, whose Body Worlds exhibitions showed human cadavers in lifelike poses, has told clients they will be able to buy the fleshless . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember that phrase from the Clinton Administration? I do. I also remember lots of arguments with “more sophisticated” colleagues (including some affiliated with prominent evangelical colleges, but I’m not naming names) who suggested that we should look past President . . . . Continue Reading »
When I read the headline of this article on RealClear Politics , I thought the authors were making a familiar conservative case—that Barack Obama’s learning curve in the Oval Office is impossibly steep, that he was (and remains) underqualified for the job. I think I know the . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, associate editor Mary Ellen Kelly reflects on Disney’s Christian Past and Tangled Present . Although the critic Armond White, writing in the December issue of First Things , is absolutely right about the tendency of today’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Critics on both the left and the right have found a common enemy in Walmart. Those on the left hate the company because it isn’t unionized while conservatives complain because it undercuts mom-and-pop retailers. But the strangest criticism I’ve ever heard is that is contributes to obesity . . . . Continue Reading »
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