In 1735, Anne Hutchinson and her husband started a home Bible-study group, which started small but grew to include about sixty people. This was noticed first by their neighbors, then by the state, neither of whom liked the idea of unlicensed preaching going on in a private home. (Also, she was a . . . . Continue Reading »
A treaty to protect the ozone is requiring the removal of an effective asthma inhaler. From the CNN Health story:The Food and Drug Administration is reminding doctors and patients that Primatene Mist, the only nonprescription asthma inhaler in the United States, can no longer be sold or . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking of candidate and later President Reagan, Peter says below , “He had as little baggage as a man with his firm principles could have.” Let me add the thought that Perry, in comparison, has heavier baggage. He’s too text book in his ideology and policy, and Romney even . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . plus some replays of key moments and the Luntz focus group. The focus group overwhelmingly thought Romney won, and a signficant number of group members claimed to have recently switched to Romney. The buzz words: competence and specificity. I would agree he displayed those qualities. The . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ll rely on Pete to tell me about it. But Gene Callahan reminds us in the thread that a lot of the dissatisfaction with Obama is from the LEFT. Lots of Democrats have used that he’s governing like a moderate Republican line with me. Meanwhile lots of conservatives still say—with . . . . Continue Reading »
But we are. Here’s a BIG THINK version of an old “issue” I have with the prospects for interspecies communication. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I’m not staying up until 11:00 PM. I’ll watch a recording tomorrow and get back to you. 2. Comparisons of Rick Perry to Ronald Reagan along the dimension of electability are problematic. The electoral prudence case against Rick Perry (which doesn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . social democracy has been unable to fill the vacuum left by the failure of the great communist hope. Does this mean, as many predict, that the hour of the churches has come? If this should turn out to be the case, I hope that there will be left on the earth at least a small handful of human . . . . Continue Reading »
From the ” Likely to be an error but still fun to think about ” department: A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert Einstein’s theories. . . . . Continue Reading »
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