The Supreme Court let stand an Arizona program that aids religious schools , saying in a 5-to-4 decision that the plaintiffs had no standing to challenge it: The program itself is novel and complicated, and allowing it to go forward may be of no particular moment. But by closing the courthouse door . . . . Continue Reading »
For years, PETA has attacked the Australian wool industry for engaging in mulesing, a procedure in which the skin of Merino lambs (Merino sheep have the best wool) is stripped near the anus so that when the wound heals, it does not have wool or wrinkles. This isn’t to be cruel, but to prevent . . . . Continue Reading »
The Economist notes that while the problem of gendercide is getting worse in India, there is still hope that it will change : THE news from India’s 2011 census is almost all heartening. Literacy is up; life expectancy is up; family size is stabilising. But there is one grim exception. In 2011 . . . . Continue Reading »
My misspent youth had a laugh track provided by the Monty Python crew. There was a time when saying “Neet” in a crowded room was a great way to find a fellow nerd and future friend. Like all good comics, and any prophet, the Pythons mocked the powerful and punctured pretensions.Anybody . . . . Continue Reading »
Japanese scientists have used ES cells to grow a primordial retina. From the story:The team from the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research in Japan, first cultivated embryonic stem cells in a test tube and then added proteins to trigger them into developing. They hoped that they would form a . . . . Continue Reading »
Which Christian denomination is the fastest-growing in North America? I’ll give you a hint: They don’t go to church on Sundays . Newly released data show Seventh-day Adventism growing by 2.5% in North America, a rapid clip for this part of the world, where Southern Baptists and mainline . . . . Continue Reading »
In last weeks On the Square column Russelll Saltzman provoked the ire of many readers with his One Thousand Five-Hundred or So Uninformed Words on U.S. Immigration Policy . Today, he offers One Thousand Two Hundred Or So Winsomely Forceful New Words on Immigration to clarify and defend his . . . . Continue Reading »
Fifteen states are considering banning abortions after the twentieth week of pregnancy. Two states—Kansas and Nebraska—have already passed such a measure, while the one in Iowa is currently working its way through the state legislature : The Iowa Senate will consider a bill that bans . . . . Continue Reading »
I know I sound like a broken record: Single payer. Single payer. Centralized control. Centralized control.Obamacare begins the process of centralizing healthcare in America by giving multiple bureaucracies the power to create standards of care and insurance coverage. That’s just the opening . . . . Continue Reading »
Have you ever noticed that accusations of hypocrisy are almost always levelled by those desiring to loosen rather than to tighten standards of behaviour? If all standards were suddenly to evaporate, it would save accusers the trouble of identifying people as hypocrites because there would be no . . . . Continue Reading »
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