Linga latina non est mortua : On the face of it, encouraging children to learn Latin doesn’t seem like the solution to our current skills crisis. Why waste valuable curriculum time on a dead language when children could be learning one that’s actually spoken? The prominence of Latin in . . . . Continue Reading »
When it comes to abortion, Mark Steyn doesn’t mince words : Oh. Well, “Dr” Gosnell’s just one rogue abortionist. How about the “right to choose” over at Planned Parenthood? There are a whole range of choices – not so much for the illegally smuggled underage . . . . Continue Reading »
I guess the clunky Republican repeal bill title, “To Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law,” was right after all. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office admitted in Congressional testimony today that Obamacare will cost us 800,000 jobs. From the story:Chairman . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days ago, I took note of Jacques Berlinerblau’s somewhat dyspeptic reaction to President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. It turns out that his reaction was mild by comparison with some of his secularist and atheistic colleagues. Consider this , from Rachel . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s first ” On the Square ” item is Justin Paulette’s essay, “Conceding Good Faith,” in which he recounts instructive encounters with ideological opponents. Their greatest flaw, Paulette argues, was not in their arguments, but their assumptions that . . . . Continue Reading »
I think I’ve stumbled upon a problem that is both common among scholars, intellectuals, and intellectually curious generalists (the category I fall into) and yet rarely discussed. The fact that they don’t talk about it could mean, of course, that it’s only a problem for me. Or it . . . . Continue Reading »
“Stone tool find shows humans walked through Red Sea” says the headline at Earth Times . I was thinking grist for biblically fundamentalist Christians but, turns out, it was 125,000 years ago over what would have been dry land that only thousands of years later became the Red Sea, . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently I wasn’t the only person on this side of the Tiber who misunderstood the new Confession iPhone app . Mark D. Roberts, one of my favorite Presbyterian pastors, was also leery—until he tried it out for himself: So, you might wonder, what do I think of this app? Since I am not . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh good grief: As if there isn’t any real news in the world, Time carries a cover story about a very smart guy named Raymond Kurzweil, and his pursuit—financed by some very rich friends—of “the singularity,” when technology takes over everything, and a resulting . . . . Continue Reading »
So a raccoon gets into a garage and starts tossing the place. A young man sends his dog into deal with it, leading to a dead raccoon. Now, he—the man—is charged with animal cruelty. From the story:Seth Foster, 23, said he found his family garage in disarray last summer . . . . Continue Reading »
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