In a time when ethics and political philosophers are engaging some of the most difficult and consequential moral questions in recent times (gay marriage, abortion, and eugenics to name a few), Thomas J. Brommage , a professor of philosophy at University of West Georgia, invites us to take . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature , Christopher T. Haley explains how a federal conscience exemption excludes Catholic institutions from participating: There has been some talk lately—though not nearly enough—about the new healthcare mandate authored by the Institute of Medicine . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the most insidious aspects of Obamacare was the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board to control Medicare costs via virtual bureaucratic fiat, an issue I have inveighed against before. I enter the fray against the IPAB again in this week’s To The Source. Here is . . . . Continue Reading »
What if they made a film about the War of 1812 (aka, that war between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War that we can’t remember anything about)? (Via: Neatorama ) . . . . Continue Reading »
In light of Carl’s just criticism that my recent relatively pro-Southern posts seem to have dissed the Puritanical contribution to what’s best about America, I’m posting a hunk of a paper I’m doing on something like Tocqueville and Thomism in Light of Walker Percy: The . . . . Continue Reading »
Every August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List , providing perspective for us old timers on how students just entering college see the world. Every August since 2009 I post the list and every August (since 2009) readers complain about how dumb it is (as one . . . . Continue Reading »
I was sorry to hear that Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple over health issues. But ever since his liver transplant in 2009, with reports he had “tumors,” I have had a nagging feeling that he received special treatment because he was Steve Jobs in the same way that Mickey . . . . Continue Reading »
The New Republic has a piece up today that, gulp, commends the higher-education reform agenda of one Mr. Rick Perry of Texas. Perry is, the writer avers, a visionary. The TNR commenters are, predictably, apoplectic. Their rage seems a bit hard to justify from where I’m sitting, but I’ll . . . . Continue Reading »
Do We Need a Return to the Gold Standard? First Principles , Harry C. Veryser Less educated Americans are losing religion, study finds CNN , Liane Membis Why Do I Doubt Detractors of Biblical Archaeology? CADRE Comments Mormons using the Web to control their own image Washington Post , Michelle . . . . Continue Reading »
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