PETA has had its outrageous lawsuit claiming that whales are “slaves” thrown out of court. From the AP story:An effort to free whales from Sea World by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday. A federal judge in San Diego dismissed . . . . Continue Reading »
I could go back through the history of my comments on this blog in regard to the Republican presidential campaign, and I could count how many times I have said that this or that is “not gonna happen” and have been proven wrong. Wishful thinking (even if against my own wishes), coupled . . . . Continue Reading »
Henry Olsen is one of my favorite writers. He explains the problem with Santorum’s strategy to win over white (and not only white) working-class voters. Olsen just nails it and every right-of-center politician with national ambitions should read the article. I . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve spent a lot of the Republican nominating race complaining about the various demagogues and/or con artists like Trump, Cain, Bachmann, and Gingrich who, at one time or another either led the polls or were the main alternative to Romney. As Ross Douthat pointed out last month, . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE —more big thoughts by ME. I’ve fixed the link! . . . . Continue Reading »
Never mind the red herring in this defense of the contraceptive mandate (which applies whether or not you take federal money), the argument itself is quite breathtaking. The argument goes something like this: when you take money from the federal government, you sell your soul to the [fill in . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was in doctoral work, I enjoyed taking courses from professors who smoked because they took longer breaks (our seminars met once per week, with a break about halfway through the session). This was the time when we got to know our classmates, which greatly enhanced class discussions.One . . . . Continue Reading »
The great Lincoln, Montesquieu, and F. Douglass scholar Diana Schaub has a new essay out on Malcolm X, and the book on him by Marable Manning. Of course you need to read the Autobiography, but here’s a good thumbnail sketch of Malcolm’s life from an appreciative yet critical . . . . Continue Reading »
My friend Jordan Ballor takes the occasion of this conversation at the American Enterprise Institute to revisit a question he (and we ) have canvassed before . His answer, which I find attractive, if not altogether satisfying, is that libertarian political philosophy can be regarded as . . . . Continue Reading »
Our colleagues and fellow laborers in the Lord’s vineyard, Timothy George and Chuck Colson, have written a powerful and effective open letter to their evangelical brethren. It’s a powerful testimony of Christian unity that, however divided we may be on matter of theology and church . . . . Continue Reading »
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