Robert Cheeks suggests in his comment on my last Songbook post that if there aren’t any, there’s really no point in me saying that Rock is ambivalent about or even resistant to modernity. He has a point. So, here are two possible candidates. The first is the most obvious choice, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Fresh off the tremendous success of Eggsploitation, the CBC today released its new documentary Anonymous Father’s Day, which explores the impact of sperm donation on the children who result. The trailer is embedded below. And here’s a link if you are interested in . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I was driving home today and heard Newt Gingrich on a local conservative radio talk show. I was intrigued (not really in a good way) by Gingrich’s proposals so I went over to his website. He wants to eliminate the capital gains tax, and cut the corporate income tax . . . . Continue Reading »
Ronald Reagan’s great biographer Steven F. Hayward courts charges of heresy by arguing that the Reagan Revolution was in some measure a failure, that its strategy of reining in the welfare state by “starving the beast” of revenues simply made it easier for us to enjoy the benefits . . . . Continue Reading »
Many writers (including, ahem, one guest poster to this blog) have fretted that the 47 percent of Americans who pay nothing in income taxes are freeloaders who pose a threat to the nation’s moral fabric. This worry has issued recently in the unusual spectacle of a Republican presidential . . . . Continue Reading »
I just read President Obama’s annual Thanksgiving proclamation , which is more or less of a piece with its predecessors. (You can read every single Presidential proclamation of thanks here . I’ve read them all; some are genuinely impressive exercises in public theology, . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , R.R. Reno considers the impending end of social democracy: Greek bonds have become toxic because of decades of political decisions. Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian bonds may go the same way, and for the same reasons. It is important, therefore, to understand . . . . Continue Reading »
Consider this an addendum to my Weekly Standard piece on media bias in reporting the collapse of Geron’s embryonic stem cell project that came out on Saturday.The LA Times finally got around to reporting the Geron collapse. Apparently, it had to figure out how to circle the wagons around . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the times of the day: When Ryanair’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, announced this month that his airline may soon offer in-flight pornography, he told the British tabloid The Sun, “Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn’t we?” The flaw in Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »
This great interview with the Rev. Timothy Keller of Manhattan’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church is worth sharing here:Watch the latest video at . . . . Continue Reading »
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