Back during the (George W.) Bush Administration, I spent (or rather wasted) some time reading books and articles written by journalists who were suspicious (I hesitate to say paranoid) about those suspicious and paranoid fringe religious kooks (theonomists and theocrats) who threatened to take over . . . . Continue Reading »
Politics is important, but it has to be put in its place, writes R. R. Reno in American Politics, the Higher Politics, and First Things . In today’s first “On the Square” article, he argues that we have a deep reason and a practical reason for not investing too . . . . Continue Reading »
HBO has a documentary out that apparently highlights the baby gestating industry that is growing in India, which I have dealt with over the years here at SHS (such as here and here and here). Christianity Today takes note in its Women’s Blog. From “Outsourcing Baby Making in . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t subscribe to this theory, frankly. Indeed, I doubt that the votes in the House for the “Cap and Tax” bill moved many votes at all on 11/2 (that was Obamacare and the economy). But Politico thinks I may be wrong. From the story:House Democrats who voted for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya is lecturing tomorrow night regarding Biblical themes in the show that Rusty reviewed here very positively. So consider strolling right past the upturned noses of the irreligious art world into the Museum of Biblical Art to hear something interesting. . . . . Continue Reading »
The descendants of Nathaniel Grigsby must have been voting yesterday. . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re reading this blog you are (probably) still alive, which means God prevented your hasty demise when you were an infant. The Lord spends a lot of his time watching over babies because they spend a lot of their time trying to find ways to get themselves killed : French media are . . . . Continue Reading »
Patents protect human inventions. Human genes are not human inventions. Hence, they should not be patentable. This simple truth seemed to escape previous administrations. But the Obamacans get it. From the story:Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday . . . . Continue Reading »
“Here’s the problem with ‘maybe’: It means different things to different people. And something always gets lost in translation . . . ,” writes Elizabeth Bernstein in The Many Powers of Maybe . “‘It seems to be about ambivalence, but it is really about power . . . . Continue Reading »
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