Except for one established fact — that it’s been done before — I wouldn’t touch the Iranian cyberwar story with a barge pole. Lies, half-truths and misinformation surround live intelligence operations like nested hedge-rows, and to ask anyone truly in the know about such . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted about a survey taken under the AP’s auspices that showed 40% wanted even more government control over health care, while only 20% opposed it and wanted repeal. I don’t trust the survey for reasons I mentioned. I still think that, and have taken the careful responses from those . . . . Continue Reading »
A little late, but for those of you who don’t naturally check out the home page every morning: In today’s “On the Square” article, Elizabeth Scalia writes against Cheating on the Habit of Being . Writing of a nun who justified dropping the habit in favor of street clothes, . . . . Continue Reading »
Cross-posted from First ThoughtsMy students and I have been discussing Aristotle’s political thought recently. Yesterday, our discussion centered around Aristotle’s insistence that the political association must be about more than the protection of rights (in essence a mutual defense . . . . Continue Reading »
My students and I have been discussing Aristotle’s political thought recently. Yesterday, our discussion centered around Aristotle’s insistence that the political association must be about more than the protection of rights (in essence a mutual defense alliance). Aristotle instead . . . . Continue Reading »
Did you know that Mother Teresa is Catholic, Maimonides was Jewish, and Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation? Congratulations! You’re more religiously literate than most Americans : On average, people who took the survey answered half the questions incorrectly, and many flubbed . . . . Continue Reading »
In her explosively intelligent book Empress and Handmaid , Sarah Jane Boss contrasts medieval images of the Virgin with contemporary pornography: Whereas the worshipper before the Virgin in Majesty is the servant of the Lord and Lady whose presence the statue conveys, the actors in the pornographic . . . . Continue Reading »
Fresh from our October issue and available now for free online is “Fighting For Life”—the personal story of Lila Rose, incognito investigator of Planned Parenthood. Be sure to read it here . . . . . Continue Reading »
When aliens invade our planet, will the first person they meet be an obscure UN representative? The United Nations, tackling head-on the problem of what to do if an alien says “take me to your leader”, is poised to designate a specific individual for the task. Some would argue that the . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t know whether to blame fairy tales or Oliver Twist. I was reading Exodus 16 and ran into the passage where God commanded the people of Israel to go gather manna. Immediately childhood images from David C. Cook’s Pix and Uncle Arthur came into my head.I knew the lesson I should . . . . Continue Reading »
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