Like I have been saying: No matter what the weather, it is global warming in GWH Land. Thus, in the wake of the great UK freeze, even though only a few years ago climate scientists were predicting that by now we would see little snow in England, we were told the deep cold was really caused by . . . . Continue Reading »
These things can become very complicated—and finding anything in federal law and regulations is increasingly difficult. (Sometimes, I think they don’t want us to find things.) But earlier, I cited a Forbes blog which asserted flat-out that the new end of life care discussion . . . . Continue Reading »
In 2010, First Things published over 300 articles for our On the Square section. While I read every single piece, I suspect most readers may have missed one or two of them. In case you missed them the first time around, here’s your chance to catch up on this year’s top twenty-five most . . . . Continue Reading »
Our senior editor David Goldman discusses the “two stories within the terrible history of Germany and the Jews .” The first, he writes, “is the story of the German Jews, Europe’s most assimilated community, who contributed to German civic life in vast disproportion to their . . . . Continue Reading »
Much is being made throughout the blogosphere and on talk radio about the new Medicare regulation that compensates physicians for discussing end of life options with their patients. As I said yesterday over at The Corner, these are not “death panels.”A Forbes blogger makes the same . . . . Continue Reading »
Looking at a selection of conservative political cartoons, I saw one published on Christmas day showing Santa Claus poking his head through a poster saying “Happy Holidays” and apparently shouting “Merry Christmas.” At first glance, it seems like a simple way of pushing back . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I argued for a hefty Bible at the lectern . Weighty truths, its seems to me, are fittingly stored in weighty tomes. That doesn’t mean that I’m opposed to pocket Bibles or bible verses that you can call up on your cell phone—or for that matter to any form of scripture. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is something wrong with this picture. A full one in four of American kids takes meds. From the story:These days, the medicine cabinet is truly a family affair. More than a quarter of U.S. kids and teens are taking a medication on a chronic basis, according to Medco Health Solutions . . . . Continue Reading »
“We have allowed silence to become a gift forgotten, one we only consent to unwrap when all of our alternative bows and strings have been unraveled, and our diversions have been utterly played out,” writes Elizabeth Scalia in today’s “On the Square” column, For 2011: . . . . Continue Reading »
An intriguing—and potentially significant— archaeological discovery in Israel : Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. A Tel Aviv University team . . . . Continue Reading »
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