In a fascinating note regarding our political culture, Michael Medved observes in the Wall Street Journal that “For the seventh consecutive election, the next president will either be a privileged son or a man with no relationship with his biological father.” All of the current . . . . Continue Reading »
Adam DeVille, the editor of Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies , has a review of the First Things -produced film The Creed: Creeds, according to this mindset—the product of feverish readings of Foucault and Nietzsche—are little more than the products of a will-to-power in . . . . Continue Reading »
Is There a Jewish Concept of Beauty? David P. Goldman, Tablet Personally Opposed, but Sleeping with the Enemy Stephen J. Heaney, Public Discourse The Rise of Urban Homeschooling Linda Perlstein, Newsweek A Counselor’s Convictions on Trial Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times Army Silences . . . . Continue Reading »
This article from the U.N. press office certainly has a punchy lede: “Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world’s glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change.” . . . the United Nations said today, citing a case in Chile where police are . . . . Continue Reading »
Here are my BIG THOUGHTS on ANIMAL HOUSE and today’s moral sophistication. Gingrich’s whiny ranting last night ought to be the end of him. Meanwhile: The latest poll shows Santorum will a tiny lead in the MN caucus. Rumors have it that he’s even-money in the MO beauty contest. And . . . . Continue Reading »
In John Ellis’s twenty-three years as a hangman for the British government, he executed 203 people including the famous Dr. Crippen, the WWI traitor Roger Casement , the housewife Susan Newell (the last woman ever hanged in Scotland), and James Howarth Hargreaves, with whom Ellis “had . . . . Continue Reading »
As the Planned Parenthood/Komen debacle continues to unfold, I still believe that Planned Parenthood has been badly wounded going into the future. What metaphor should we use? The bloom is off the rose? No, PP is nothing like a flower. The wolf has thrown off the . . . . Continue Reading »
I know Eve Tushnet likes to think of Edward G. Robinson’s character in Five Star Final as the cinematic avatar of self-loathing tabloid journalism, and I can see her point. It’s a good script, and it’s Edward G. Robinson. But if we follow the scent of our story back to Late Night . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Big Think, Peter Lawler writes that: Another reason for the low turnout is the bizarrely huge number of debates that have absurdly lengthened the campaign. Robert says that those who Republicans who long for a candidate worthy of their deep devotion—such as Jindal or Christie or . . . . Continue Reading »
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