Mill and Cannabis Peter Hitchens, ABC Religion & Ethics The Least Known Masterpiece of European Literature Adam Kirsch, New Republic Lou Reed and the Iconography of Rock and Roll Ethan McCarthy, Christ and Pop Culture TOMS Shoes and the Spiritual Politics of Neoliberalism Lucia Hulsether, . . . . Continue Reading »
Poking around on the internet, I see a lot of articles whose headlines are some variation of: President Proposes “Administrative Fix” To His Health Care Law But reading Megan McArdle, I wonder if the articles would give a better sense of the situation if they were written as: President . . . . Continue Reading »
Yet another Thursday where I completed the whole day before realizing that it was not Friday has gone by, and here’s some stuff for you to read: Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos thinks about what it will take for Hillary Clinton to become President , Carl Scott refuses to tie . . . . Continue Reading »
So here are a couple of books that just came out: Pope Benedict XVI and the Politics of Modernity (Routledge), edited by Marc Guerra—America’s greatest theologian. It includes a long chapter by me on the Christian view of personal logos, marriage, and other elements of rat choice . . . . Continue Reading »
Another good point Veronique de Rugy made on NRO was that . . . these constant changes in the law . . . inject a lot of uncertainties in an already uncertain environment. . . . The law says one thing, and the government does another. If I were an insurance company, I would seriously wonder what . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at NRO’s Corner, Veronique de Rugy correctly questions whether Obama’s announced “fix” today, where he says insurance companies won’t be required to suspend existing plans, is a change he has the legal authority to make: . . . can he just decide not to enforce the law? . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, winner of the Buckley Award , anyway. Ryan, a former assistant editor and now a member of our Advisory Council, was one of the five people awarded the Young Conservative Coalition’s award for young conservative leaders. The biography included mentions his “influence and . . . . Continue Reading »
The little metal shed at the corner near the office sells candy, soft drinks, and magazines, with the magazines—mostly People and its peers—on a shelf sticking out from the corner of the shed so that the passersby notice them. I pick up something about popular culture from scanning . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent image of Pope Francis holding a T-shirt with the slogan “No al Fracking”—“No to Fracking”—has sparked varied response, including worries from Sarah Palin and praise from environmental groups . Reports from a meeting held on Monday between Francis and Argentine . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m not so good at making predictions. I did predict ObamaCare wouldn’t work over the long term, but I never thought that it wouldn’t experience some initial ambiguous success. On the True-False quiz: I’m encouraged by the large number of astute responses. I think the answer . . . . Continue Reading »
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