A New Lost Generation?

Derek Thompson at The Atlantic has posted a fascinating collection of letters from today’s twenty-somethings in which they voice their frustration with the current job market and the larger prospects for their lives. These recent college graduates, many of them unemployed or underemployed, do . . . . Continue Reading »

When Names Become Adjectives

The Washington Post has an intriguing series on how adjectival names don’t always match up with the actual people they are named after. Links to each of the articles listed below can be found here . A few of the articles include: Clinton was not Clintonian By Jon Cowan and Matt Bennet t Is . . . . Continue Reading »

Crunchy Con Culture

Our friend Rod Dreher is back with a new job (at The American Conservative ) and a new blog : One of the editorial tasks I’ve set for myself at TAC is to seek out more pieces about culture for the magazine. And I mean “culture” in a broad sense, including religion, art, architecture, . . . . Continue Reading »

The Sperm Donor’s Harem

In the old days, men at the top of some cultures would father scores of children from his many wives and harem concubines.  I thought of the harem nursery when I read the story of one sperm donor fathering siring more than 150 children.  From the NYT story:Cynthia Daily and her partner . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links - 09.06.11

Marriage is about rights of the children The Sydney Morning Herald , Nicholas Tonti-Filippini Targeting Down Syndrome by Regulation Public Discourse , Mark W. Leach Thinking outside the ‘Muslim bubble’ L.A. Times , Raja Abdulrahim and Mitchell Landsberg Texas Baptist to become an . . . . Continue Reading »

The South Carolina “Debate”

1. I only saw part of it: It became unimportant once Rick hustled back to Texas to deal with the fire. The hope for some and the fear for others is that he won’t do well in such events. We still don’t know. 2. The format favored candidates who could actually expound on the details of . . . . Continue Reading »

DeMint Studies: Gingrich In His Element

So I’m watching some of the DeMint thing on CNN.  If presidential elections were based who would do best in the format of a pseudo-doctoral thesis defense to a friendly audience,  Gingrich would be Emperor of the Universe.  The one Robert P. George question I saw on gay . . . . Continue Reading »