A bit of cross-promotion, but it’s for something many readers will hopefully appreciate: the long-awaited Walker Percy documentary now has a definite airdate. PBS will run the film on Tuesday, October 4 on many of its affiliates. Be sure to check your local listings towards the end of the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney won the argument on Social Security. He just won it in the wrong major party. Same thing with Perry on immigration policy. 2. Perry’s policy on Social Security seems to be that Social Security is an inviolable Ponzi scheme covenant for current recipients and . . . . Continue Reading »
Another judge has ruled that the individual mandate under Obamacare is unconstitutional. From the story:President Obama’s plan to require individual Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty exceeds the powers granted both the president and Congress by the Constitution, a . . . . Continue Reading »
Near the top of my list of “Movies I Want to See But That Will Probably Never Be Made” is Mel Gibson’s film about Judah Maccabee , the Jewish warrior whose restoration of Jewish worship at the temple in Jerusalem is celebrated at feast of Hanukkah. Gibson’s Icon Productions has . . . . Continue Reading »
I opposed Gov. Rick Perry’s attempt to make the HPV vaccine mandatory for all of Texas’s girls. But this is ridiculous. In attempting to hit Perry for “crony capitalism” because of his ties to the vaccines manufacturer—a fair hit—she goes way out of bounds by . . . . Continue Reading »
I met my wonderful friend, Mark Pickup, in Vancouver way back in November 1997 at an anti euthanasia conference where we were both speaking. Ah, we were young! Over the years we have become closer than brothers, to the point that I dedicated my book Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia wonder if our nation is holding to tightly to 9/11 grief: As I watched the 9/11 Memorial Service at Ground Zero, I couldn’t help wondering—a decade after that unprecedented attack—are we holding too closely to our grief, allowing . . . . Continue Reading »
Despite Archbishop John J. Meyers’ critique of a gay marriage course taught at the diocesan Seton Hall University in the Fall 2010, Professor W. King Mott of the political science department will be teaching it again this Fall . Archbishop Meyers affirms his responsibility for maintaining the . . . . Continue Reading »
In the past few weeks, the United States has seen the opening of two major new national memorials: the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, DC and the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. At first blush, these two sites seem to be almost perfect opposites. The King Memorial is ostensibly a . . . . Continue Reading »
A Bully-Free World? Public Discourse , Mary Rose Somarriba In Study, Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone New York Times , Pam Belluck Witherspoon, Edwards, and Natural Law at Princeton ISI’s American Studies Center , Joseph DiLuzio Gay marriage ban debated in North Carolina Associated . . . . Continue Reading »
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