Didya miss me? Don’t answer, 1. I think Perry is undervalued at this point. The salience of Texas’ job creation should come back over the next several months. Perry could hardly become more incompetent at attacking Romney. If he has the chops, he’ll . . . . Continue Reading »
The march of cost containment continues, undoing decades of advice that we be screened for cancers in order to catch it earlier. First, it was a recommendation that women under 50 not be provided mammograms. Now, it is a recommendation that insurance not cover men receiving the PSA blood test, . . . . Continue Reading »
Some incredible statements are made by members of Fort Lewis College’s outreach group “Advocates for Choice” at a debate about Colorado’s Amendment 62 , the “personhood amendment.” Condemning the use of science to determine the beginning of human life, we . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Medieval IT Support (Via: Kevin DeYoung ) °°°°°° 2. The Top 10 Books Lost to Time °°°°°° 3. What’s the Median Income for a Fashion Model in the U.S.? The median income across America in 2009 for a model was $27,330—income that includes no . . . . Continue Reading »
A woman in Canada faces charge of cultic activity over ‘illegal’ Catholic mass : About 100 people belonging to a lay Catholic association used the rooms to watch some inspirational videos and have a potluck lunch together. Oh, and horror of horrors, they sang songs and held a Mass behind . . . . Continue Reading »
Many years ago, I overheard a mother talking about graduation announcements with her teenaged child in a restaurant where I was eating. Apparently they were going over a list of folks who would receive announcements and the child started asking who most of the people were. The mother . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart explains why scientific answers are the only valid answers: Accommodation is a big deal, I think. But the cultural stakes in Galileo’s letter were far bigger. His letter stood at the crossroads of two worlds, not only on the question of . . . . Continue Reading »
On video: Richard Dawkins with Bill O’Reilly.There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark:When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion . . . . Continue Reading »
Before beginning, I’ll note that Joe Carter is soliciting donations to the FT website —please consider giving to what I obviously think is a fine internet crossroads of content. Tocqueville’s concept of individualism is one of his most helpful, but often gets misunderstood due to our . . . . Continue Reading »
Herman Cain got in some trouble with Politifact for making an over-the-top statement about Margaret Sanger and the early days of Planned Parenthood, causing the fact checking media site to give him its dreaded “Pants on Fire” denigration. From the Poltifact story: [Cain said,] ”When . . . . Continue Reading »
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