ME explaining to the BIG THINKERS why Santorum was the last of them. Two more quick point: I’m as puzzled as Pete about the speed and extent of the Santorum collapse. He’s even collapsed in GA, as far as I can tell. Without a much better showing on Tuesday than any poll shows, . . . . Continue Reading »
Radical bioethics—and that constitutes much of the mainstream, in my view—continues to push for a wider death agenda. Last week, we discussed an article in the Journal of Bioethics that promoted the propriety of infanticide for even healthy babies if that best served the . . . . Continue Reading »
For my critics, here is a rant. If such rants are to be expected of me then so be it. My rant may not be worthy of the intellectual acumen of “First Things” circa the “End of Democracy” case (with footnotes) back in the early 1990s, nor does it carry the weight and authority of . . . . Continue Reading »
Vancouver Canucks fans are cheering and the Boston Bruins are crying foul over the decision of the National Hockey League to overturn the original results of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals and award the championship of the NHL to the Canucks. The Bruins believed that they had won . . . . Continue Reading »
This interview over at the Atlantic is worth reading, for two reasons: 1) Our president implies throughout that Iran won’t be allowed to complete a nuclear weapon. 2) Our president says outright that he and his team do not expect Syria’s Assad to remain in power. Yes, Barack . . . . Continue Reading »
James Q. Wilson, perhaps “the best political scientist of the past half-century,” has passed away. Though most coverage will inevitably mention his “broken windows” theory of crime reduction (a seminal argument in public policy which has largely triumphed in the three . . . . Continue Reading »
The Guardian reports that the new program entitled “Life Ends” will respond to the sick whose own doctors have refused to help them end their lives at home: The launch of the so-called Levenseinde , or “Life End”, house-call units – whose services are being offered to . . . . Continue Reading »
Nathaniel Peters considers whether Christians should be wary of conscience talk : Does freedom of conscience lead to a naked public square? When religious people try to protect their own rights of conscience, does this undermine their ability to advance their convictions publicly? In responding to . . . . Continue Reading »
Stephen M. Klugewicz offers a gentle correction to Rick Santorum’s objection to John F. Kennedy’s vision of church-state relations. Santorum did not have to mischaracterize Kennedy’s words, for there is much to criticize in them as written. In the Houston speech, Kennedy did say . . . . Continue Reading »
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Most of the arctic ice has returned despite the planet melting into a spinning ball of lava. From a column by meteoroligist Mark Johnson story:Good news from the Arctic. Sea ice extent (area covered by ice) is at a seven-year high. It’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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