The Gray Lady appears to agree with Micah about Stephen Hawking being something of a bore this time around: The real news about “The Grand Design,” however, isn’t Mr. Hawking’s supposed jettisoning of God . . . The real news about “The Grand Design” is how . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, Hunter asked why evangelicals seem obsessed with the proper interpretation of Genesis when, ahem, we are evangelicals. Which means we’re centered on the gospel, the good news about the historical reality of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.It’s a fair . . . . Continue Reading »
The Dickey Amendment forbids federal funding of destructive embryo research. That is, it doesn’t prohibit the research, it just doesn’t permit the federal government to pay for it.Recently, President Obama’s ESCR funding policy was blocked by a federal judge because it violated . . . . Continue Reading »
“Rethink Love. Rethink Marriage. Rethink Family Reality.” That’s the fitting tagline for TLC’s new reality show about a polygamous family. Let the normalization begin. . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the Spengler blog , David Goldman wonders why General Petraeus is weighing in on a First Amendment issue: Burning the Koran (or any book) is a bad thing, and the Rev. Terry Jones of something called the Dove World Outreach Center will violate basic standards of decency when he sets fire to . . . . Continue Reading »
At Slate, Shmuel Rosner wonders whether Jewish America haslost its chance to foster home-grown rabbinical sages : The Jewish world of the 21st century has very few, if any, rabbis and scholars universally accepted as “great” or “sagely” who are admired even by those outside . . . . Continue Reading »
Burning the Koran (or any book) is a bad thing, and the Rev. Terry Jones of something called the Dove World Outreach Center will violate basic standards of decency when he sets fire to the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11. But it is Constitutionally-protected free speech. Last year a North Carolina . . . . Continue Reading »
Although it is only September, I think it is safe to say that the “Burn a Koran” day is the pseudo-event of the year. Despite being completely insignificant, the fifty member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida has managed—thanks to the media—to get worldwide . . . . Continue Reading »
This isn’t a political blog, but by all appearances those who arrogantly forced Obamacare down the nation’s unwilling throat—remember Speaker Pelosi’s in your face march across Capitol Hill?—seem to face a stiff electoral price. Polls show that the public’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Under its late founding editor, Fr. Neuhaus, this journal made its reputation in part by its opposition to the judicial usurpation of democracy, culminating in its controversial 1996 symposium under that title. Those interested in the topic would do well to read James Grant’s fascinating . . . . Continue Reading »
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