1. Culturally Biased News - The people who produce CBN are mostly trying to be fair most of the time. They aren’t trying to help either Team Red or Team Blue. They understand that “both sides” have to be presented within an intellectually honest context. They want their audience . . . . Continue Reading »
In the wake of the Akin debacle, there has been some focus on the Republican position(s) on abortion. But Jeff Jacoby, writing in the Boston Globe, notes that the Democrats are way ouf of the mainstream. From, “Both Parties are Too Extreme on Abortion:”Though one-third of . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Knippenberg raised a serious concern at First Thoughts last week about the way University of Central Florida professor Charles Negy reacted to students arguing for the validity of Christianity. Professor Negy sent a sharply worded email to some 500 students, complaining about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Ferguson tries, really tries, to dig into the Romney literature to find out why he dislikes him, to find the arrogant thread running through his life that he did so memorably with Newt Gingrich and others . . . and he comes up with: nothing, except plenty of evidence of Mitt taking Matthew . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on whether America is blessed by God : In 2008, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly released a survey on how Americans view their country’s relationship to God: “Sixty-one percent agree that America is a nation specially blessed by God,” it revealed, “and 59 percent . . . . Continue Reading »
James Chastek offers a succinct explanation of the horror genre: One can make any number of horror-movie monsters by removing the limits from some natural desire: Alien is reproduction without regard for anything else; The Blob is pure and unlimited growth (with unlimited consumption as a . . . . Continue Reading »
Rahm Emanuel Turns Homeless Services Over to Catholic Charities John Byrne, Chicago Tribune Ratzinger, Vatican II, and the Summer of 1962 Gianni Valente, La Stampa History as a Hermenutic for Law Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law The Joys and Sorrows of Teaching Evolution at an Evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »
So, the American Political Science Association annual meeting this year is in the Big Easy. Peter Lawler and I have a panel on the 2010 TRUE GRIT movie, 8am Saturday for those of you who will be there. Peter’s paper is called “Stoicism and the South,” or something along those lines. . . . . Continue Reading »
We move now on my list of best pop music films from THE DOORS to ALMOST FAMOUS, a natural progression in rock time to about 1973—the next step will be to THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO. 1) DISCO and ALMOST FAMOUS have two points of comparison. First, both are about the ineradicable desire, even . . . . Continue Reading »
Sigh. The NYT lets its op/ed pages often be used to promote radical social agendas and celebrations. This time, the unimportance of men. But really, can’t they at least get the biology right?. From “Men, Who Needs Them?” by biology professor Greg . . . . Continue Reading »
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