This makes Shylock’s pound of flesh seem like a bargain. A Scot professor (of course!) has urged that university students burdened by tuition debt be allowed to sell one of their kidneys to pay the bills. From the story:STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of . . . . Continue Reading »
contributed to by me. Another touching request by a Berry graduate. . . . . Continue Reading »
Saw it last week and I’m still not entirely sure what I think. It was a very enjoyable action movie. It was also unambiguously pro-American, though as Alyssa Rosenberg pointed out it, had trouble incorporating the WWII-era Army’s racial segregation in a satisfying . . . . Continue Reading »
New Jersey is creating a new end of life commission to recommend public policy around end-of-life care. From the legislation: 3. The purpose of the advisory council shall be to conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of all issues that it deems appropriate for the . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to Chasing Babe Ruth: 6 Myths About 1961’s Home Run Race , my friend Mark Barrett wrote me: Maris’s record never did have the asterisk but was recorded along with Ruth’s 1927 season in the record books. So many variables that changed from 1927 to 1961 that to focus on . . . . Continue Reading »
A young woman I know sent me the link to an article that I admit comes from an unusual source for “First Thoughts,” but one that amused me: Favorite Books of the Secretly Jerky . If you can’t (always) tell a book by its cover, you can often tell a man by his reading, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times today comments on the results of a new Gallup survey of American Muslims which suggests that, on the whole, followers of that faith are more hesitant to express patriotism and confidence in national institutions than Americans of other religious groups. Among the most intriguing . . . . Continue Reading »
An innovative preschool in Stockholm’s Sodermalm district does not enroll boys or girls, reports the Associated Press , but “friends.” Fighting the good fight for gender equality in the nation that is perhaps its most radical proponent, the tax-funded preschool “Egalia” . . . . Continue Reading »
Washington State Chips Away at Anonymity of Egg and Sperm Donors Bonnie Rochman, Time Irving Kristol, Edmund Burke, and the Rabbis Meir Soloveichik, Jewish Review of Books T he Misguided Birth-Control Crusade Greg Pfundstein, National Review Online Rick Perry and the Snare of the 10th . . . . Continue Reading »
To think some people take this guy seriously. Chris Mooney has a Looney Tunes blog post out today blaming testosterone and the supposed need to dominate others for global warming skepticism among angry white male conservatives. (Talk about cliched thinking!)It’s a real hoot. . . . . Continue Reading »
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