I know it’s a little immodest for me to offer a history lesson—for those of you who don’t know, I’m twelve years old —but I want to stop Conor from buying into a liberal version of history that’s just wrong. He links approvingly to this piece by Tim Fernholz: . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t take offense at my use of the second person, but you know what it’s like to write something in a late night haze—the "liquor-induced" is silent—only to find the next morning that your big epiphany was gobbledygook. Back when I was hung up on whether or not I . . . . Continue Reading »
A few excerpts from the UN’s Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : Amputation and corporal punishment, although justified by the authorities as Islamic punishments, remain a serious cause for concern. The death penalty is imposed . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the name of the seminar I just came back from. Run by the Acton Institute and held all over the country, these seminars provide a basic introduction to the intersection of Christian theology and free-market economics. If you (or someone you know) have wondered about how exactly to help . . . . Continue Reading »
Barbara Wagner was refused life-extending chemotherapy by Oregon Medicaid but explicitly told that the State would pay for her assisted suicide.That is the future if we accept the death agenda. In this No on I-1000 Ad, Barbara Wagner—who has since died—urges Washingtonians to vote no. . . . . Continue Reading »
Immediately following Obama’s less than reassuring pledge to the world’s most famous plumber to "spread the wealth around" we’ve been treated to a shocking character assasination of a private individual and the careful if tedious parsing of Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »
For years we have been warned that there would be a “brain drain” if we did not pour billions into ESCR and human cloning research. I have called this the “blank check” demand.Meanwhile, in Brave New Britain—the country that never says no—scientists wanting . . . . Continue Reading »
I tried to link my interview with Shelton Walden on Pacifica’s WBAI in NYC over the weekend, and the archive was, shall we say, dysfunctional. I now have the right link. If you would like to hear the interview, in which Walden and I talk at length about human exceptionalism, animal rights, . . . . Continue Reading »
Atheist Richard Dawkins has announced that he is relinquishing his post at Oxford University in order to write a book aimed at convincing children not to believe in “anti-scientific” fairy-tales. Apparently, conquering Cinderella is a full-time job. Times Columnist Libby Purves is glad . . . . Continue Reading »
With rising poverty and unemployment, the War on Poverty would seem an incontestably humane and urgent cause. In the words of Bob Geldof, “Something must be done, even if it doesn’t work.” It’s the sort of remark one would expect from a pop musician, but he has a point: We . . . . Continue Reading »
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