Carl makes a number of gritty observations in the thread that deserve a separate post. They really do make indispensable contributions to advancing the study of this thought-provoking film on the web: Other symbolic elements, presumably coming from the novel that ought to be explored: 1) the snakes . . . . Continue Reading »
Single payer systems collapse under budget constraints. That is the lesson of the ongoing “NHS Meltdown” chronicled here over the last several years.Things have gotten so bad, I have to double triple up on the reporting from the front lines of the collapse. First, a Telegraph . . . . Continue Reading »
I took my family to visit my 94 year old grandmother in Columbia, Tennessee last night and today. After we ate (she’s still a great cook) and the kids went to bed, we stayed up looking through all her old photo albums.In the process, I realized how little I knew about the family in which . . . . Continue Reading »
I have always marveled at how some—generally on the Left or among Greens—have little or no problem with human cloning and enhancements—with some notable exceptions, of course, such as Bill McGibben—but rail angrily against animal or grain modifications. With that in . . . . Continue Reading »
For those of you interested in religion on the web, which is presumably pretty much every one of you: I’m pleased to say that my old friend Julia Duin (pronounced “dean”) is now the anchor of the Washington Post ‘s “Under God” blog. Here is her first item , a . . . . Continue Reading »
In his Thursday Column , Rusty Reno comments on a new book by Victor Lee Austin and makes some enlightening comments about authority (later amplified here ). With the exception I note below, I do not disagree with Rusty, but I think the discussion would profit by expressly distinguishing several . . . . Continue Reading »
Consider the words of “forestboar” (Rev. Lincoln Winter): Embalming has its origins in customs every bit as pagan as cremation. Yet for some reason, these customs have been adopted almost uncritically by Christians, while cremation is still seen as a problem. Is embalming bad? I suppose . . . . Continue Reading »
1. America’s Royal Family One of the things that’s often forgotten is that, by virtue of the annexation of Hawaii as a state, the United States does have a royal family — one with no constitutional status, but one which is also widely recognized within one state of the fifty. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I wrote my Thursday column about the ways in which authority contributes to both natural and supernatural human flourishing. A friend wrote me to protest that, while he certainly agreed about the positive role of authority in political life, my examples of those who wrongly imagine we can . . . . Continue Reading »
I can remember when internet content presented itself to me as an unexpected bounty of thoughtful essays, articles, and shorter form stuff. There was a time when I read every single post at National Review’s The Corner (a blog started early in the last decade) and regularly checked in on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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