Some, like Al Gore, have been saying that the recent arctic freezes around the country and in Europe are signs of global warming. And now, now a snow storm is coming to SF! It must be global warming—or at least, global weirding, in Thomas Friedman’s stupid phrase.Uh, that would be . . . . Continue Reading »
A new billboard in New York City is aimed at reducing abortion within the African-American community. From the story:The poster advertises a Texas-based group called Life Always, which campaigns against what it calls a “genocidal plot” against unborn babies. It is on display in the SoHo . . . . Continue Reading »
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has decided to put a stop to its investigations of the few Christian universities in this country, although it intends to maintain a list of those institutions governed by a faith statement on the presumption that they infringe on the academic . . . . Continue Reading »
When I learned about Marbury v. Madison in high school civics class I was taught that it allowed the Supreme Court to determine whether a law is “unconstitutional.” Apparently, my understanding is confused because former Constitutional law professor Barack Obama seems to think the White . . . . Continue Reading »
The Daily Show tried to make a joke out of the Wisconsin protests by bringing a camel to the snow—to mimic what happened in Cairo, apparently. It did not work out. The camel freaked. Where are the protests from animal rights groups against the DS and Jon Stewart? Allow me: As an . . . . Continue Reading »
Opponents of the death penalty claim execution by lethal injections is an unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment because the prisoners being killed could possibly feel pain during the execution process. Assisted suicide advocates claim that assisted suicide with the same drug allows a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Acton Institute remembered that I wrote about Alabama and Susan Pace Hamill’s tax crusade in The End of Secularism. In the book, I didn’t express agreement or disagreement with her argument. Instead, I used the politics of the episode to show something about the . . . . Continue Reading »
The gentleman is a social role that implies a recognition of forms and limits that constrain action, says Mark T. Mitchell , even as those very forms and limits elevate the meaning and nobility of actions they enjoin: Forms and limits are not welcomed in a culture that sees freedom as the highest . . . . Continue Reading »
When asked about the recent investigation by Live Action into Planned Parenthood’s willingness to cover us underage sex trafficking, President Obama responded that it was all just a “distraction” : I think sometimes these issues get manufactured, they get a lot of attention in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of my friends from Front Porch Republic have helped launch a new interdisciplinary, academic journal called ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ Issues explored by the journal’s contributors will include “civil society, agrarianism, . . . . Continue Reading »
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