An AP “Poll” is out that apparently finds that a plurality of people believe that Obamacare didn’t go far enough, while only 20% want the law repealed. From the story:Voters who say the new health reform law was too conservative outnumber by 2 to 1 those supporting repeal, . . . . Continue Reading »
Donald Berwick, the would be health care rationier brought in by an opaque-purposed recess appointment to avoid having to answer pointed questions at a senate hearing, has recently been very enthusiastic in his praise of NICE—the NHS rationing board that uses the the quality adjusted life year . . . . Continue Reading »
I have repeatedly asked some of you to please not bring up irrelevancies or, in particular, non sequitur snide references to religion. I will no longer edit such comments. I don’t have the time. I have commenced trashing them. If the offenses continue, I will blackball the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The 50 Most Extraordinary Churches of the World The Church of Hallgramur is a Lutheran parish church which is also a very tall one, reaching 74.5 meters (244 ft) height. It is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland. It took incredibly long to build it (38 years!) Construction work . . . . Continue Reading »
Sharon Angle, the Republican candidate for senator in Nevada running against Harry Reid, is now famous at least in liberal circles by attacking insurance mandates by saying “You’re paying for things you don’t even need.” Among them is maternity leave. As she says, . . . . Continue Reading »
This great twentieth-century scholar loved Plato, wrote Christian apologetics, and was a first-rate scholar with secular publications still in print. Sadly, A. E. Taylor was not C. S. Lewis, lived about the same time, and is little read by anyone but specialists while Lewis continues to drive whole . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas Spence, the head of Spence Publishing, explains How to Raise Boys Who Read . Many experts, he notes, recognize the problem but predictably offer the wrong answer, along the inevitable lines of “make it easier.” E. Christian Brugger, a senior fellow of the Culture of Life . . . . Continue Reading »
After reading this exchange , I repeatedly banged my head against the wall until I lost consciousness. Before I came to, I had this weird dream: Uncle Sam: “Give me a hundred dollars.” I.M. Citizen: “Why” Uncle Sam: “I’m going to spend it on some things you . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, Show Us the Money , I offer a response to the progressive Catholic’s invocation of “history” and “change,” and a practical, can’t miss, money-back-guaranteed suggestion for responding to the invocation . . . . Continue Reading »
“Abortion is a moral and spiritual issue,’ notes Tom Glessner, President of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, but it’s ” also an economic issue. ” The economic crisis we now face is caused by numerous factors that all relate to flawed governmental . . . . Continue Reading »
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