I warned in the Weekly Standard that the new Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board is the cornerstone for a new bureaucratic state. From my piece “Our New Obamacare Masters:”At present, Congress is responsible for setting the policies that govern all aspects of Medicare, . . . . Continue Reading »
Youth suicide problem, Wesley? What youth suicide problem?In Tennessee, the suicide promoting and assisting organization, Final Exit Network, is holding a suicide promoting event at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. (These kind of compasssssssionaatttte events are . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s Journal , Donald Luskin defends Atlas Shrugged as “a plea for the most fundamental American ideal—the inalienable rights of the individual.” Where does one start? What are “rights” in a universe where there is no morality other than what can be derived . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study indicates that suicide rates ebb and flow with the economy. From the story:“Knowing suicides increased during economic recessions and fell during expansions underscores the need for additional suicide prevention measures when the economy weakens,” James Mercy, acting . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square piece today, Alma Acevedo asks: To whom is Richard Dawkins grateful when he expresses “an abstract gratitude that I am alive to appreciate these wonders, when I look down a microscope it’s the same feeling, I am grateful to be alive to appreciate these . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning On The Square Russ Saltzman plans ahead for the sermon he will have to give on January 29, 2012. The text will be Mark 1:21–28, the story of the unclean spirit whom Jesus commands to leave the man it has possessed: With umpteen years of ordination behind me I should have said . . . . Continue Reading »
Instead of engaging with the text of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput’s recent remarks at Notre Dame, Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter has attacked Chaput for saying that it might sometimes be necessary to deny communion to abortion-supporting politicians. Winters claims . . . . Continue Reading »
Wilfred McClay on the relationship between our souls and our built environments : Even with all our prosperity and freedom, there is much that is amiss in the ways we live today—not only in our individual lives, but in the larger patterns of habitation that we have devised for ourselves. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Understanding Congress’s solution to the federal deficit problem, says Philip Greenspun , is easier to understand if we divide everything by 100 million: We have a family that is spending $38,200 per year. The family’s income is $21,700 per year. The family adds $16,500 in credit card . . . . Continue Reading »
Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist at C.U.N.Y., explains why he thinks quantum physics affects the debate about free will and determinism. One of the problems I have with such physics-based explanations is that they do not address how the human will relates to physical matter. Without addressing . . . . Continue Reading »
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