. . . plus some replays of key moments and the Luntz focus group. The focus group overwhelmingly thought Romney won, and a signficant number of group members claimed to have recently switched to Romney. The buzz words: competence and specificity. I would agree he displayed those qualities. The . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ll rely on Pete to tell me about it. But Gene Callahan reminds us in the thread that a lot of the dissatisfaction with Obama is from the LEFT. Lots of Democrats have used that he’s governing like a moderate Republican line with me. Meanwhile lots of conservatives still say—with . . . . Continue Reading »
But we are. Here’s a BIG THINK version of an old “issue” I have with the prospects for interspecies communication. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’m not staying up until 11:00 PM. I’ll watch a recording tomorrow and get back to you. 2. Comparisons of Rick Perry to Ronald Reagan along the dimension of electability are problematic. The electoral prudence case against Rick Perry (which doesn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . social democracy has been unable to fill the vacuum left by the failure of the great communist hope. Does this mean, as many predict, that the hour of the churches has come? If this should turn out to be the case, I hope that there will be left on the earth at least a small handful of human . . . . Continue Reading »
From the ” Likely to be an error but still fun to think about ” department: A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert Einstein’s theories. . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things has run more than a few articles on shifting conceptions of male identity in contemporary society, but this might be the funniest/scariest anecdotal evidence of erosion yet: Australian Ikea stores have introduced daycare centers for grown men , “modeled off the Ikea toddler-care . . . . Continue Reading »
I knew there was a catch. Peter Singer opined that broadening health care coverage is an important public good. (I agree, but it is not a “right.” Nor, is Obamacare the correct approach. But those are not the subjects of this post.)Being a utilitarian who advocates . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, Christopher Tollefsen and Alexander Pruss argue that lying is always immoral: The controversy over Live Action’s tactics in exposing Planned Parenthood’s abuses is now well known. And in the face of that controversy, some who are willing to . . . . Continue Reading »
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