Pistol Pete on Keeping the House
by Peter LawlerPete continues to be the most realistic of the Republican bloggers. 1. The Republican House is in danger because of the Democrats’ advantage on Medicare. 2. The Democrats are getting away with murder by framing the issue as what we have now—“traditional” Medicare vs. radical . . . . Continue Reading »
“Good Ethics Makes for Good Science”
by Wesley J. SmithLegatus magazine asked me to write a column on the stem cell issue, and so I did. From “Good Ethics Makes for Good Science:”Have you noticed that the stem-cell controversy rarely makes the news these days? There’s a reason: The greatest advances in stem-cell research over the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Worldview That Doesn’t Have a Place for Enemies
by Joe CarterDaniel Gordis wonders whether young rabbis are turning on Israel : If you asked a Jew at any other time in the history of our people whether or not he had enemies, the notion that he should consider the possibility he did not have enemies would have occasioned a blast of the mordant humor that has . . . . Continue Reading »
Opinion Polling and Dissent
by Kevin Staley-JoyceJoe Carter’s column this week argues that opinion polls make us dumb—-but not simply because they’re often inaccurate. Instead, it’s that opinion polls themselves can seem to instruct the public on how to form opinions : If you are told that the president’s approval . . . . Continue Reading »
Arizona Medicaid to Charge Smokers a $50 Premium—Why Not the Promiscuous?
by Wesley J. SmithI am really tired of the morality police going after smokers and obese people—all in the name of “health” of course. From the NYT story:Arizona, like many other states, says it is no longer able to finance its Medicaid program adequately. As part of a plan to cut costs, the state . . . . Continue Reading »
Sociology and Other ‘Meathead’ Majors
by Joe CarterLegendary Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield on the poor choices students make in selecting their college courses and majors : In colleges today, choice is in and requirements are out. Only the military academies, certain Great-Books colleges and MIT (and its like) want to tell students what they . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the Age of Fossil Fuels Just Beginning?
by Joe CarterThe peak oil crowd may be headed for the same fate as the dinosaurs : Are we living at the beginning of the Age of Fossil Fuels, not its final decades? The very thought goes against everything that politicians and the educated public have been taught to believe in the past generation. According to . . . . Continue Reading »
Did we…
by Carl ScottWIN the war in Iraq? Walter Russell Mead thinks so. . . . . Continue Reading »
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