As the papal trip moves from theory to fact, and the mental clock begins to strike: it is about to happen. Up to now, all has been the anticipation and anxiety of speculation. The media have tried every possible way of dramatizing a man biting a dog. This has been less like reporting reality and . . . . Continue Reading »
Third World anti-colonialism as the key to the policies and decisions of the Obama administration? After reading the Forbes cover story by Dinesh D’Souza, “ How Obama Thinks ,” I found myself scratching my head. In D’Souza’s account, the interpretive key to the Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
In defiance of a ruling by the British Advertising Standards Authority—doesn’t that ring quaintly on the ear: Advertising Standards Authority —an ice cream company has announced its intent to plaster the Pope’s route through London to Westminster Cathedral with images . . . . Continue Reading »
So this is a good defense of the fundamental insight of Glenn Beck (that Woodrow Wilson in particular and Progressives in general are anti-American and anti-Constitutional evildoers) by Glenn’s intellectual mentor. I certainly agree that the sacrifice of the individual to “social . . . . Continue Reading »
We hear often from assisted suicide advocates that most who die by doctor prescribed death in Oregon were in hospice—as if that makes it okay. I have indicated here and elsewhere, that this merely means assisted suicide facilitators have interfered with proper medical treatment for these . . . . Continue Reading »
Beowulf contains a great many lessons relevant to daily living. First, don’t go to sleep near the hero or the monster will eat you. Second, after you kill a monster don’t go to sleep before knowing whether the monster has a mother bent on vengeance. If you don’t take care, she . . . . Continue Reading »
A murder suspect has defended his actions as suicide assistance. From the story in the Seattle Times:A man arrested Monday in connection with the slaying of another man claims he merely helped the victim commit suicide, according to a Seattle police report...The 32-year-old suspect had a . . . . Continue Reading »
The term “global warming denier” is so offensive because it seeks to attach skepticism about the warming and/or its supposed Draconian solutions with denying the Holocaust and being “anti science.” But that kind of disparagement doesn’t work except among those who . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the memorable songs of the 1980s is ” Living on a Thin Line “ by the Kinks. Largely unknown, it underwent something of a revival after it was used, of all things, for an episode on The Sopranos . The song has been interpreted many ways ; some think its about the fragility of . . . . Continue Reading »
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