The data show that dating websites are based on false assumptions, argues Jonah Lehrer in the Wall Street Journal : A recent analysis led by the social psychologist Eli Finkel of Northwestern University shows there is little reason to believe that [dating] websites are improving dating outcomes. In . . . . Continue Reading »
The Telegraph reports on the recent ruling from the European Court on Human Rights: The ruling follows the launch of a consultation over gay marriage in the UK, in which the Equalities Minister promised a change in the law. The European Court of Human Rights reached the decision in the case of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Legacy of the Sexual Revolution Mary Eberstadt, Wall Street Journal Dawkins to Rally: “Show Contempt” for Faith Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today Religion in American Prisons: A Comprehensive Survey Pew Forum Sonnets of Deracination James Matthew Wilson, Front Porch Republic . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It’s better that that silly and tasteless headline come from a conservative blog. Seriously, though: THE TODAY SHOW had a lot of experts—very tastelessly—wondering whether Cheney should have taken the heart that had become available for him. Should he have been more noble? Did . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, What you read on firstthings.com makes a difference. Today we face an increasingly hostile intellectual culture, one that presumes that faith undermines reason, and that religion creates conflict and hostility in society. Our goal is to demonstrate how wrong this prejudice is. We . . . . Continue Reading »
I was happy to hear that former VP Dick Cheney successfully underwent heart transplant surgery. I was also very glad that he waited in line like everyone else—20 months. The organ transplant triage system should not be a respecter of persons. Every potential organ . . . . Continue Reading »
When Robert Latimer first murdered his daughter because she had cerebral palsy, many people bemoaned that Robert had been forced to use car exhaust to put Tracy out of her his misery rather than have a doctor do the deed. But doctors should be no more able to kill children than . . . . Continue Reading »
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1. It really is true that the result in Louisiana makes very little practical difference. Most of the state’s delegates aren’t even picked through the primary. And so Santorum picked up maybe two or three on Romney, remaining, of course, hundreds behind. 2. BUT: In this state at least, . . . . Continue Reading »
Its lyrics are fairly interesting (in a nutshell, relativistic autonomy gets declared in a “manly” mod key) and music-wise it features the ground-breaking and still tasty-sounding feedback break. But my discussion will focus on the relation between The Who’s trademark . . . . Continue Reading »
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