NYT columnist Gail Collins is upset because many Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood. But as usual with PP defenders, she whitewashed the problem. From her column:Maybe it’s all part of a grand theme. Last month, they voted to repeal the health care law. This month, they’re . . . . Continue Reading »
The following is today’s instalment of my biweekly column, Deliberation, for Capital Commentary, published by the Center for Public Justice:More than half a century ago the great American journalist Walter Lippmann, in grappling with the dilemmas of democracy, urged the recovery of a public . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The American Autobahn of 1925 would’ve run next door to the White House In 1925, several American highway associations drafted up designs for a six-lane highway running from NYC to Washington DC. This doesn’t sound controversial, but they also decided to plop down the road adjacent to . . . . Continue Reading »
I wasn’t going to say anything about these basically platitudinous remarks , though I concede that I probably couldn’t do all that much better if I were President of the United States and felt compelled to testify to my faith without stepping on any political landmines. But the annoying . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter notes that the Obama Administration is considering whether to require health insurers to pay for contraceptives. Even leaving aside moral objections, this is great foolishness from an economic point of view. To simplify matters, assume that the insurance pool contains 500 male-female . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette and I are winging our way today to the Sunshine State for a several day visit to her parents. (So glad they don’t live in Chicago!) That will slow things down a bit here at SHS. I will not be posting as actively, although I will opine when I can. And more particularly, . . . . Continue Reading »
My pal Joseph Bottum has a disturbing piece in the Weekly Standard about the abortion abattoir in PA that I also discussed here at SHS. I don’t want to revisit the details of that carnage, but want us to focus instead on the lower standards of regulation and/or professionalism required . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell Moore considers why nondenominational churches are the fastest growing in the country : Are we witnessing the death of America’s Christian denominations? Studies conducted by secular and Christian organizations indicate that we are. Fewer and fewer American Christians, especially . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, the Obama administration just can’t get their fill of healthcare controversy : The Obama administration is examining whether the new health care law can be used to require insurance plans to offer contraceptives and other family planning services to women free of charge. Such a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve heard that the Super Bowl is this weekend and I’ve heard that an estimated 150 million will tune in to watch it. As Geoffrey Vaughan points out On the Square today, that makes the Super Bowl, “more so than the commemorations of the victims of the shootings in Tucson, let . . . . Continue Reading »
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