In an apparent attempt to disrupt communication among protestors, the Egyptian government shut off the country’s Internet access : Internet access was shut down across the country shortly after midnight. Mobile phone text messaging services also appeared to be partially disabled, working only . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, this is so not going to sow panic. Rather than disappearing, some of the glaciers in the Himalayas are actually growing. From the story:Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing . . . . Continue Reading »
More and more companies and unions are asking for Obamacare waivers to keep afloat. And the administration is understandably defensive. From the HHS Press Release:The Affordable Care Act is designed to provide Americans with affordable, high-quality coverage options – while . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking for sensitive secularists everywhere, David Harsanyi asks : “How many Americans instinctively turn to the pro-choice camp because pro-life proponents aggravate their secular sensibilities?” Since he doesn’t “hang with” Catholics, Baptists, and Lutherans . . . . Continue Reading »
The Treasury Department announced yesterday that it was selling off its last stake in Citigroup and that it would make (note, make , not lose ) about $12.5 billion on the $45 billion investment it made in Citigroup at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. That’s about an 11% annual . . . . Continue Reading »
The Book: Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam S. McHugh :10 — The Gist: Many churches—particularly evangelical churches—tend to be extroverted places where introverts are marginalized, causing some Christians to feel they are not being . . . . Continue Reading »
I came to this conclusion very reluctantly, but single payer must be rejected because it leads directly to terrible rationing in times of economic difficulty—as I wrote in the Weekly Standard this week. And now California is threatening to cut MediCal patients off kidney dialysis! From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Two big promises President Obama made about Obamacare—that it would cut jobs and allow us all to keep our current health care plan—have been labeled “more likely false than true” by a Congressional independent financial analyst. And they cut to the core of the sales . . . . Continue Reading »
“Those people who say it’s the journey, not the destination, do not know what they are talking about,” begins Pastor Russell Saltzman in our first On the Square column this morning in which he shares his experience of his mother’s recent and rapid decline into Dementia : She . . . . Continue Reading »
My previous post about China’s proposed megacity reminded me of this thought experiment by James Fallows : If Americans wanted to imagine what it would take to be “strong” in the way China currently is, he said, all we’d have to do is think of moving the entire population of . . . . Continue Reading »
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