David Gibson has written a provocative column for the Wall Street Journal ( linked at Mirror of Justice) in which he examines the distinction between “cradle” Catholics and those who convert to the faith. He raises the question of whether converts make for ‘better’ Catholics, . . . . Continue Reading »
Look at the polls . Despite the unpopularity of his policies and the perception that we’re going in the wrong direction, the president’s approval rating is not terrible. The election today would be close, with Perry losing narrowly and Romney probably winning. But the results in the key . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote about this once before, but I think it is important enough to repeat. In what I think is a material threat to the science sector, scientists are on trial in Italy because they failed to accurately predict a deadly earthquake. From the Daily Telegraph story:The trial - due to . . . . Continue Reading »
Bachmann’s support is collapsing in the latest national poll. She is well behind not only Romney and Perry but even below Ron Paul. She is in fact down there with no hopers Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. This is great news for Rick Perry. His nightmare . . . . Continue Reading »
We often hear from doctor-prescribed death advocates that assisted suicide legalization improves palliative care. It’s not true. Increased attention to the issue, e.g. hospice and public and professional education programs do. Indeed, about a decade ago, Rhode Island outlawed . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Robert has written an interesting piece for The Brussels Journal in which he describes how the nations of the Global South have become the nascent heart of a new Christendom: “In short, the Global South does not care whether Westerns deny that a particular practice is Christian. . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Emerson argues that rationalizing away the repugnance of abortion hastens society’s decline : In high school, I had to read Brave New World and other literature that portrayed a future filled with the results of fundamentalist science. Whether Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark or . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , R.R. Reno reflects on the 9/11 memorial: Two large, sunken pools, fed by what the official literature describes as the largest man-made waterfall in North America, drain into central shafts meant, it seems, to conjure the infinite abyss of death and loss. They . . . . Continue Reading »
Atlas of the World wildly misstates the territory of Greenland that is now supposedly ice free. Scientists have cried foul. From the ScienceInsider story:So much for claims that climate scientists deliberately misrepresent their data: glaciologists are broadly and loudly panning the latest . . . . Continue Reading »
WHY are we/NATO still conducting bombing raids in Libya? Did we not successfully exercise our Right to Protect? And even help the Libyans achieve our real (but unofficial and thus never strategically sought) goal, the removal of Gaddafi from power? As one who called for doing something to help the . . . . Continue Reading »
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