If you haven’t already noticed, Public Discourse , the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute, has had a banner week: Robert P. George on pornography and law, William Carroll on science and ethics, Helen Alvaré firing back at Linda Greenhouse, Maggie Gallagher bringing some . . . . Continue Reading »
I tentatively suggested that Herman could survive the 9s. But he can’t set himself up on the non-flipfloppy right of Romney if he’s proclaims himself pro-choice on abortion. So it turns out he doesn’t really understand the issue, and he really doesn’t have competent . . . . Continue Reading »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when groups across the country help disseminate information about the disease. So why are so many organizations ignoring some of the biggest risk factors ? Public health authorities, however, dare not cross the cultural Rubicon with an army of . . . . Continue Reading »
I was gonna do longish post about Ron Paul and Herman Cain, but I don’t have the energy today, so a few thoughts about Romney on Tuesday, Romney really prepares for debates. He and his staff try to anticipate questions and his answers are sharp and hard. Just listen to him talk . . . . Continue Reading »
No one really knows what the War of 1812 was about , but what we do know is that it involved Americans, Indians, the British, and . . . Canadians. (Really, they were involved. I looked it up on Wikipedia.) Since it was the last time Canada was involved in a war (they don’t get out much) . . . . Continue Reading »
As the parent of a college-age teen, I’ve encountered a lot of proud parents. I’ve encountered even more delusional ones. For example, in making an excuse for their child’s lack of academic ability I often hear some variation of, “It’s not like he’s a dumb . . . . Continue Reading »
Dennis Prager blunts his point by putting too much emphasis on the left/right divide, but I think he raises an important question in asking why class hatred is considered morally superior to hatred based on race: Because the Holocaust was unique in its industrialization of death and in its . . . . Continue Reading »
New York City seems to be busy and bustling as always, despite the immanent October 21st apocalypse. Perhaps it is because Harold Camping ’s rapture prediction for May 21st didn’t materialize that his revised end-of-the-world date (tomorrow) seems to have come upon us unnoticed. But . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, Brian Raum reports on the mounting doubts about same-sex “marriage” : The message is frequently that recognition for same-sex unions will have no effect on those who disagree with them, but the evidence clearly says otherwise. As Princeton politics . . . . Continue Reading »
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