Ah, Tim Pawlenty. He was a governor who, facing divided government and a Democratic-leaning electorate, managed to produce a more or less sustainable budget (overwhelmingly through spending cuts) while maintaining core government services. That sounds like pretty good preparation for . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m working my way to explaining why I don’t have to choose between CLASSICAL NATURAL RIGHT and MODERN HISTORY (already implicit in modern natural rights). . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times reports one mother’s attempt to justify eliminating one fetus when IVF produced twins: Jenny’s decision to reduce twins to a single fetus was never really in doubt. The idea of managing two infants at this point in her life terrified her. She and her husband . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m a sucker for movies based on performances or adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. Unfortunately, while the perforances tend to be solid, the adaptations—at least the ones that I’ve seen—have been good, but not great. What I really want to see, though, is a brilliant . . . . Continue Reading »
Do the ongoing riots in Great Britain have a coherent purpose? No, says John Lloyd of Reuters, arguing that : They do not articulate a cause because they cannot. [The] anger, the violence and the destruction are pure activity, a bid to make a spectacle in a society which is organized round . . . . Continue Reading »
So an 83-year-old woman has given herself implanted, what my generation used to call, “falsies.” From the CBS story:Marie Kolstad, of Orange County, is the mother of four, the grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother to 12. Last month, Kolstad decided she needed a little boost . . . . Continue Reading »
Why the Gender Gap Won’t Go Away. Ever. City Journal , Kay S. Hymowitz Actually Catholic Universities The Catholic Thing , Bevil Branwell, OMI Planned Parenthood Wants To Introduce ‘Tele-Med’ Abortions Catholic Online, Tim Duggan London Is Burning Wall Street Journal New York . . . . Continue Reading »
John Mark Reynolds on why Christians pray for the economy : Frank Bruni worried in the New York Times that prayer might get in the way of economic recovery. We can only hope that he is right and that the prayers of the people of Texas and the rest of the nation make sure that the economy of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Quote of the day: I have very little patience for the school of thought that says that everything boils down to class warfare. But if I absolutely must pick a class — because some folks insist on it — I’ll pick the one that isn’t looting people’s shops and houses, . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column, Joe Carter provides a lesson in journalism for the New Yorker : Sara Lippincott, who worked in the New Yorker ’s famed fact-checking department from 1966 until 1982, once told a class of journalism students that, “Each word in the piece that has even a . . . . Continue Reading »
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