For the past few weeks I’ve been unable to understand the reasoning behind the claims that income inequality is a moral issue that only applies at the group level. Then it came to me like an epiphany—or more accurately, as a Groupon email. According to Wikipedia, the Groupon works as an . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart explains why human relations need an intrusive third party if they are to be healthy: Our erotic imaginations have been captured by what Yale’s Paul W. Kahn has called the “pornographic.” The pornographic imagines sex without the . . . . Continue Reading »
Stephen Colbert has conducted a brilliant interview of two representatives of Occupy Wall Street. One of them, a committed and articulate young woman, describes herself as a “female-bodied person”: (Skip ahead to the 5:15 mark for the quote.) How did such radical body-self dualism . . . . Continue Reading »
We live in such an odd and hypocritical age. Republican candidate Herman Cain got in trouble with those who matter because one of his internet ads showed a campaign worker smoking. Horrors! Children might see the ad and pick up a cigarette! Doesn’t Cain know smoking causes . . . . Continue Reading »
This will not be the first time that First Thoughts readers have heard from me on the virtues of Mr. Lionel Trilling , but readers interested in learning more about one of America’s greatest critics and intellectuals can check out my piece in today’s Wall Street Journal . . . . . Continue Reading »
OWS: Kermit is the new Che The American Conservative , Rod Dreher New Jersey nurses’ suit over abortions heads to court Associated Press Poll finds young adults optimistic, but not about money Los Angeles Times , Alexa Vaughn Vote on federal marriage law repeal put off Washington Times , . . . . Continue Reading »
Christopher White points out that contraception is not the most powerful way to promote maternal health: What about those women and girls in Africa who, as Kristof mentions, “have never heard of birth control”? Won’t they be faced with unwanted pregnancies and possibly die during . . . . Continue Reading »
An ad campaign by Ogilvy Atlanta shows the true face of the Boy Scouts : After decades of showing nothing but beardless Scouts, it’s refreshing to see ads that show what the young campers really look like after spending time in the woods. I remember that when I was twelve we’d come off . . . . Continue Reading »
New Jersey nurses won a temporary restraining order against being forced to participate in abortion. From the AP story:A New Jersey hospital says it will temporarily stop requiring nurses to assist in performing abortions if they object on religious grounds. A group of nurses filed suit . . . . Continue Reading »
Hwang Woo suk, the Korean fraudster, faked human cloning and was published in Science, which only reluctantly moved to retract, perhaps because the editors wanted it to be true. (Amazingly, a court just ruled that Hwang was wrongly fired after his fraud!) And now another science charlatan has been . . . . Continue Reading »
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