After tonight’s Bloomberg debate it’s pretty clear to me that what Peter had earlier said is indeed true—the Republican nomination field can be boiled down to Romney v. Cain. On the big Charlie Rose round table tonight, Rick Perry—in the few instances he actually said . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I thought Romney killed it. He actually took some heat in this debate, but fended off the questions great. God love him for giving a shout out to Milton Friedman. 2. Perry was awful. His perseverating on energy production made him sound like he only knew about . . . . Continue Reading »
On Saturday, this site ran my “On the Square” essay, ” Anaesthetizing America’s Conscience ,” in which I faulted two university presidents, Fr. John Jenkins of Notre Dame and John Garvey of Catholic University, for a missed opportunity to speak the whole truth to power . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Matt Franck is absolutely right that those of our friends who use the “no religious test” clause of the Constitution to condemn religious bigotry have got it absolutely wrong. There are many evils associated with religious bigotry, but the solution is not to assume that . . . . Continue Reading »
And I will be “live blogging” HERE . Pete, if you’re around, you’re welcome to join in. Call me at 706 766 7137 if you can. It starts at 5. . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. At about 48 seconds in, the embedded video shows OWS anti-capitalist protest zombie chanters channeling their inner transhumanism:Everything seems to be possible. [Crowd Parrot Chant] You can travel to the moon. [CPC] You can become immortal [CPC] by biogenetics. You . . . . Continue Reading »
Poland held parliamentary elections this past weekend, but the biggest story was not the re-election of the incumbent centrist government (a first for the country since the fall of communism). Rather, it was the come-from-nowhere third place finish of Janusz Palikot’s party, a . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia considers advertising’s skewed vision of love: According to Madison Avenue, heterosexual relationships in America contain one browbeaten, idiotic or insincere member (usually male) and one completely overbearing member (usually female). . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of the most virulent animal rights protests have been against researchers using monkeys to find ways to help ameliorate the most difficult medical conditions we face. Here’s a huge example. Using monkeys enabled researchers to learn how to surgically implant electrodes into . . . . Continue Reading »
Before Hitler, who was the stand-in for pure evil ? The Pharoah. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, many Americans and Europeans had a firmer grasp of the bible than of the history of genocidal dictators. Orators in search of a universal symbol for evil typically turned to figures like . . . . Continue Reading »
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