Dumb move: Senator Joe Biden has implied that Sarah Palin doesn’t care as much as he does about special needs children because she does not support embryonic stem cell research. From the story: “I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who . . . . Continue Reading »
A reader wrote in yesterday chastising me for claiming that many on the left seem to “hate” Sarah Palin. I’ve given enough examples to believe that I’m on safe ground here, but just in case the reader wasn’t convinced, here’s a piece by a University of Michigan . . . . Continue Reading »
Family , Formation , Faith : These are three pillars of Christian society, three values that must be affirmed and lived by youth today, said Pope Benedict XVI in a recent address to Italian young people. In the process, he critiqued our world for tearing down each of these values through a culture . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems that people really like talking about novels. My unremarkable comments last Friday have not just generated two derivative posts , but also far more email responses than I was expecting. Now even a blogger from Australia has weighed in . . . and at some length. Thanks to everyone for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientologists in France can’t seem to catch a break : A French judge has ordered two departments and seven prominent members of the Church of Scientology in France to stand trial on charges of organized fraud, a judicial source said on Monday. The case is the latest in a series of legal . . . . Continue Reading »
In the New Republic , Leon Wieseltier writes an essay he titles ” Against Integrity .” It starts with various swipes at Republican hypocrisy, but then moves to this point: the truth is that Sarah Palin is a woman of integrity. I do not say this sardonically. I find nothing phony in her, . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you believe this? A story reports that a mountain lion was courageous for standing up to human hikers! From the story:EUREKA, CA—A local mountain lion came face-to-face with a group of hikers and made it out alive, sources reported Monday. Wildlife officials are crediting the courageous . . . . Continue Reading »
At Salon.com , Juan Cole asks what the differences between Christian fundamentalists, like Sarah Palin, and Islamic fundamentalists are? Lipstick is the answer he finds. That she’s not wearing a burka or having her daughter flogged and stoned for adultery might be another. But those are about . . . . Continue Reading »
Never has a vice presidential selection caused such a firestorm of con and pro—or generated what can only be called hatred in some of her opponents. The conservative columnist Mona Charen thinks, as I do, that a lot of this is about Trig: From her column:Something about Sarah Palin set them . . . . Continue Reading »
If you like philosophy, then boy do I have a blog for you. Alexander Pruss, the unnervingly brilliant Professor at Baylor University, has for some time now been treating the world to his rigorous ruminations. Pruss is, from one point of view, a philosopher in the style of the eighteenth century: a . . . . Continue Reading »
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