Randall O’Toole, the Cato Institute’s go-to guy on transportation policy, says New York should consider leaving its flooded subways to rot : After Hurricane Katrina, some people argued that we shouldn’t rebuild New Orleans, not simply because it was below sea level but . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve written before about how international human rights law increasingly reflects the norms of the so-called WEIRD countries – that’s Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic – and assumes that those norms must be honored across the globe. This assumption is going . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael J. New highlights a methodological limitation in a recent abortion study promoted by Amanda Marcotte and others: A medical student contacted the authors of the study to ask how they obtained pregnancy and abortion data from study participants. As it turns out, the researchers used telephone . . . . Continue Reading »
Men Don’t Mother Jenet Erickson, Public Discourse Bernard Lonergan’s Contemporary Relevance R. J. Snell, Crisis Jacques Barzun and Civilization’s Decline: A Debate Tom Ashbrook, On Point Hurricane Sandy Made Us Happy Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic Does Jacob Hate Esau? Jerome A. . . . . Continue Reading »
Much to be commended was this year’s conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists . It was the society’s twentieth, and held at the Kellenberg Memorial High School on Long Island, an impressive institution itself. The conference offered several plenary addresses, including . . . . Continue Reading »
On his blog Via Meadia, Walter Russell Mead reflects on the meaning of the storm: Sandy isn’t an irruption of abnormality into a sane and sensible world; it is a reminder of what the world really is like. Human beings want to build lives that exclude what we can’t control — but we . . . . Continue Reading »
Back in March 2007, I suggested in a First Things On The Square article that “ Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For .” Critical of the approach the U2 rocker took to developmental aid, I argued: Regardless of whether foreign aid caused, and continues to cause, these . . . . Continue Reading »
at Slate (and I think Regnerus could mention both a) greater acceptance of out-of-wedlock childbearing and b) incarceration rates): We keep hearing that young men are failing to adapt to contemporary life. Their financial prospects are impaired—earnings for 25- to 34-year-old men have fallen by . . . . Continue Reading »
Over the past decade the neo-Anabaptist movement has been gaining ground within evangelicalism. Young evangelicals have been particularly receptive thanks to social activists like Shane Claiborne. From working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta to advocating for peace in Baghdad, Claiborne has . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Ramesh Ponnuru makes a realistic and thoughtful case for Romney. I would add that I don’t for a second trust Romney’s instincts on judicial appointments. If he becomes President, Romney will already have plenty of fights with the left-of-center related to the related issues of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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