Earlier this month, Paul Krugman took to the pages of the New York Times Sunday magazine to urge the building of a “Green Economy.” Along the way, he wrote this: Finally and most important is the matter of uncertainty. We’re uncertain about the magnitude of climate change, which is . . . . Continue Reading »
I just received word from CNN that the package on assisted suicide for which I was interviewed will air tomorrow night. I apologize for any inconvenience. If you tune in, I’m the old guy with the beard. Thank . . . . Continue Reading »
The euthanasia legalization bill, C-384 (which SHS covered here), was soundly defeated in the Canadian Parliament today by a heartening vote of 228-59. There seem to be no news stories on this except on pro life sites. Hmmm. Let’s see what tomorrow brings. In the . . . . Continue Reading »
An interesting point from Simon Jenkins, in ” Volcanic Ash is the New Swine Flu Panic “: The truth is that putting large, heavy bits of metal into the air is just too much for the psyche of modern regulators. They panic. The slightest risk cannot be taken or someone might blame the . . . . Continue Reading »
These principles are some of my personal first principles for what a church is and how a church ought behave. These come out of my mixed theological background – some Mennonite, Conservative Baptist, and E Free, and uncompromisingly an historic dispensationalist. I welcome your feedback.You . . . . Continue Reading »
Holidays are a human right? An overseas holiday used to be thought of as a reward for a year’s hard work. Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidised by the taxpayer. Under the scheme, . . . . Continue Reading »
In the new corporatism, where governments bail out banks and banks bail out the government, the question continuously arises: who’s the senior partner in the merger?The government bailed out the banks, of course. The banks are now financing the deficits of governments. As I’ve documented . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Washington Times today, Midge Decter recollects the responsibility the United States shouldered during the Cold War and reflects on what our role in the world should be today: So what is now to be our role in the world? To begin with, it must be said that to no other nation can such words be . . . . Continue Reading »
We were sad to hear recently of the passing of prominent atheist-turned-deist Antony Flew, whose obituary can be found at the London Times . He was, among a multitude of accomplishments, the author of There is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind . A piece he penned . . . . Continue Reading »
Domestic terrorists are not always violent, but they are almost always cowardly. Take, for example, the despicable hoax perpetrated on the families of Vermont National Guardsmen: The late-night phone calls were wrenching for the Vermont families of soldiers serving in Afghanistan — a stranger . . . . Continue Reading »
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