This is what we need on domestic policy. The most frustrating thing about this year’s GOP presidential field is the knowledge that there are better potential Republican candidates who, for a variety of reasons (family issues, the electoral calendar), aren’t . . . . Continue Reading »
I share Peter’s frustration/despair. With Cain’s impending implosion, I’m not looking forward to a month remembering all the reasons why a surging Gingrich shouldn’t be the Republican nominee. But I’m trying to look on the bright side: 1. If we define . . . . Continue Reading »
First it was Caligula appointing the horse, “the noble Incitatus” as a Senator. Now, Occupy Denver has elected a dog named Shelby to be its leader. (They could shorten these things if they’d quit with the zombie chanting.) The basis for her elevation to leader of a leaderless . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , George Weigel asks why must the Roman Curia be Italian: Most recently, according to Vatican reporter Sandro Magister, Riccardi has taken to defending the Italian character of the Roman Curia, which, after a period of internationalization, has become more . . . . Continue Reading »
Christians love unions and conservatives should as well.From Poland to West Virginia, unions, organized workers, have checked the power of tyrants and helped working people.This is obvious. It is equally clear that any group is corrupted when it becomes too powerful. Unions in the United States . . . . Continue Reading »
I find it amusing that the Dutch media think this is a big story. Doctors have been euthanizing patients who never asked to be killed almost from the inception of the country’s euthanasia license, and nothing meaningful is done about it. (Worst case scenario: Keep medical license, receive 2 . . . . Continue Reading »
Whatever the merits of the complaints against Hermann Cain conservatives should not make the mistake of minimizing the harm done by sexual harassment. In a few places, I have read good-hearted folk misunderstanding the entire issue.They act as if there is no moral issue to sexual harassment at all. . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy S. Goeglein, former Special Assistant to President Bush, may have just invented a new genre with his memoir The Man in the Middle : the non-vindictive insider tell all. His book about his eight years in the White House, The Man in the Middle could have easily sought an indictment of . . . . Continue Reading »
Mississippi Voters Reject Anti-Abortion Measure New York Times , Katharine Q. Seelye On War and Redemption New York Times , Timothy Kudo Why We’d Be Miserable In a World Without Religion Slate , Elizabeth Weingarten No Evidence for Extraterrestrials, Says White House BBC So You Want to Do . . . . Continue Reading »
!. Cain announces this morning he “ain’t quitting.” Cool phrasing, but . . . 2. Here’s my post on the possible Puritanical dimension of American HIGHER EDUCATION . 3. Not looking forward to the debate tonight. The Republicans used to be a serious party. . . . . Continue Reading »
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