1. Your 2010 Federal Taxpayer Receipt In his State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that this year, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their federal tax dollars are spent. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I highlighted the distortions and errors in Michael Sean Winters’ reporting on Archbishop Charles J. Chaput’s recent address at Notre Dame. Now the author of the original news report , Ann Carey, has commented on my post. Carey points out that in his rush to criticize Chaput, . . . . Continue Reading »
Sit down to the traditional Passover meal at Brigham Young University and things may seem a little strange: Inside the student center, the tables were set with all of the Passover staples: bitter herbs, haroset , parsley sprigs and salt water, a Haggadah at each place setting. By 6:15 on a . . . . Continue Reading »
I received an email from a reader today asking about the current status of Baby Joseph. The last I heard, he had the tracheotomy about a month ago. I decided to check, and here is what I found. From the story:The child known as Baby Joseph remains at a St. Louis hospital, more than three weeks after . . . . Continue Reading »
Today Public Discourse has published the second half of an interview that Joe referred to on Wednesday. The interview, conducted by Sherif Girgis, is a conversation between Robert P. George and Arthur Caplan, two of the nations most prominent bioethicists. Here’s a taste: . . . the . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day I posted about Bolivia seeking to obtain a UN treaty that would grant equal rights to nature. I think this is a particularly pernicious threat to human exceptionalism, and I am worried; not about today or even tomorrow, but that in a decade or so, this spear thrust could . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve written elsewhere (and will have more to say soon, since I’ve got a lecture deadline) about the Supreme Court’s quite breathtaking (in a good way) decision in the Arizona tuition tax credit case. Hard on the heels of that decision comes an appellate decision against one . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is tax day. As millions of Americans finish filing their 2010 federal income taxes, 47 percent of their fellow citizens will pay no federal income tax. That’s right. Nearly half the country pays nothing* towards a government that in theory represents everyone. A family of four earning . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading “A Night To Remember” during Middle School made April 14 memorable all my life. Slowly the last survivors died and this year none are left who were on the great liner when it went down in the Atlantic.I used to dream of it.The sinking of the ship was mythic for me, like Narnia or . . . . Continue Reading »
As if the suicide clinics weren’t bad enough, now nursing homes in one area of Switzerland will soon be allowed to facilitate suicides by residents. From the story:A Swiss region is poised to give old people in state-subsidised care homes the right to die via assisted suicide if that is . . . . Continue Reading »
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