After reading the complaints about Romney, I asked friends who have seen the candidate speak locally. They say he does speak in specifics about what he would do about America’s problems, on some issues. On just some issues, I ask? Yes, but we know what he is going to . . . . Continue Reading »
This piece in the New York Times unwittingly takes a page out of John Locke’s reimagining of marriage in the Second Treatise. Consulting with social scientists and therapists (but no defenders of more or less traditional marriage), the author wonders if we might do better to formalize . . . . Continue Reading »
Offensive Speech in New York City Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law & Religion Forum Masters, Messiahs, and Tricksters Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion The James Cult Joseph Epstein, New Criterion Who Watches the Drones? Omar S. Bashir, Foreign Affairs Transubstantiation and Aristotle’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Here in the Scott household, yours truly has taken a bit of ribbing from Frau Scott for saying bonne things (scroll below) about Cate Le Bon : “How’s your new girl -friend!” has been the taunt. Well, she’s got it all wrong—it’s not like my admiration for Susanna Hoffs . . . . Continue Reading »
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