It really is the 70s all over again

by David Layman

There’ll be nowhere to run from the new world government”There’ll be no place to hide.” It will come like “A Thief in the . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

Saturday’s Child

by Joseph Bottum

From David Aaronovitch’s column about conspiracy theories in the Wall Street Journal : These cyber-driven days, each new U.S. president has attracted theories of his own, assiduously spread mostly by partisans of the other side. So the saturnine Bill Clinton murdered Vince Foster and a whole . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

How Cocaine and Opossum Medicine Helped Save the Global Banking Crisis

by Joe Carter

Almost every day I read something that serves as a reminder that my understanding of the world is sorely limited. But this is the first time such an epiphany came in a sentence about cocaine and opossums : Cocaine’s a hell of a drug, and even more so when laced with another drug that’s . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

The Futurama of the Supermarket

by Joe Carter

Want to glimpse a exhibit of futurism worthy of Epcot Center? Take a trip to your local supermarket : We are living in the future and we find it boring. The best place to gather evidence for this claim is the supermarket. To begin with, try and have a fresh look at the word: Supermarket , it is . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

O Holy Night (9) – His Law Is Love

by Roger Overton

This is the ninth part in a twelve part devotional commentary on “O Holy Night.” See the introduction here.Truly He taught us To love one another;His law is love And His gospel is peace.God the Father did not send the Son simply to die for our sins and then abandon us to continue to live . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

Brownies for Christmas: the End

by John Mark Reynolds

The Community School is post-post-modern and the chief “friend” (the Community School term for the head) Laura is fighting with a new student Colleen about Christmas. Colleen is aided by Brownies . . . and the result is the end of chaos. You can start this show here.Here at last are the . . . . Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2009 0

Killing For Organs Promoted in the New York Times Magazine

by Wesley J. Smith

As I have often warned, the next big agenda item in organ transplant medicine is gaining license for transplant surgeons to kill the cognitively devastated and imminently dying patients for their organs.   Such a policy is pushed from two different angles, both of which try to convince us . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2009 0

Jolly Mr. Nelson Celebrates Christmas

by John Mark Reynolds

Mr. Ben Nelson is a jolly old United States Senator for Nebraska. He was fighting for principle in opposing abortion funding in the health care reform moving through Congress.Now he is backing health care reform without the language he originally demanded.It would be easy to caricature Senator . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2009 0

Brownies for Christmas: Episode 16, 17, 18

by John Mark Reynolds

We reach the last act of Brownies for Christmas a radio play for Christmas. The Community School is post-post-modern and the chief “friend” (the Community School term for the head) Laura is fighting with a new student Colleen about Christmas. Colleen is aided by Brownies . . . and the . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2009 0

On Bankruptcy

by James Poulos

I think America’s system of easy bankruptcy is one of the jewels of our economic and political institutions, because it allows people who genuinely cannot repay their bills to get a fresh start as quickly as possible. I think non-recourse mortgages are an excellent idea, which I would like to . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2009 0