Studies show that Pete might have been right about the debate, insofar as Romney is now ahead a litte in Florida. The trend in Mitt’s direction is actually quite striking. This may prove that defense doesn’t win primaries. Newt decided to lay back last time and let Mitt attack. . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Greve at the American Enterprise recently posted in a Liberty Fund blog a trenchant analysis of the recently announced HHS regulations that will compel all insurance policies to cover contraception, sterilization, and morning after pills He provides a very lucid analysis of the way in which . . . . Continue Reading »
[ Note: by the criteria laid out in Songbook #12 , this is not a Rock song, but a rock n’ roll one. ] The last Songbook post raised the problem of repetition, of “new music” that is only sort of new. The first sign that recorded pop music could not remain ever-progressive in its . . . . Continue Reading »
Mitch Daniels gave a very good response to Obama yesterday. He took the right angles. There was cutting government by reducing spending on the wealthy rather than raising taxes to fund an unsustainably large state. He smartly argue that that Republicans were the party of both . . . . Continue Reading »
I keep warning that the “nature rights” movement is taking off and nobody takes notice. Santa Monica has now enacted a resolution declaring, in essence, that “nature” has a right to life. From the Santa Monica Lookout story:Santa Monica’s City Council voted . . . . Continue Reading »
I stick by my contention that Gingrich lost the Monday debate. Alongside my impressions, I see that: 1. Gingrich is talking like a loser. I’ve seen him talk about the debate by a) Whining that the media didn’t let the crowd applaud. I guess he isn’t such a . . . . Continue Reading »
Here in New Jersey where I live and work, the state legislature, controlled by Democrats, has put same-sex marriage at the top of its agenda. We already have same-sex civil unions, thanks to a legislative response to an activist state supreme court ruling several years ago. Governor . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher has a interesting and fairly extensive analysis of an important article at the Wall Street Journal by Charles Murray, introducing his new book Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 . The results of Murray’s diagnosis show that America is a cultural Third World . . . . Continue Reading »
I first became aware of the Catholic hospital chain called Catholic Health Care West during the Robert Wendland case, with which I was very closely involved both as a policy advocate, and later as a lawyer filing amicus briefs in the California Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Wendland was . . . . Continue Reading »
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