Sign of the times of the day: Finally, a way to indulge in two of America’s favorite obsessions: donating to find cures for diseases and engaging in behavior that causes health problems. If only they could have found a way to squeeze in one of our third obsessions (i.e., irritation at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Is this the game-changing scandal the Republicans (led by the Tea Partiers) can get the country to believe in? It’d be “Main Street” rising up against the corrupt alliance between “Wall Street” and Democratic special interests. And it would have the big advantage of . . . . Continue Reading »
Everything is dangerous. Everything. Including sitting down: From the CBS San Francisco story:Smoking cigarettes is the cause of so much preventable, deadly disease. But now new research shows sitting for long stretches of time may be just as dangerous. “Smoking certainly is . . . . Continue Reading »
With the death of Dr. Kevorkian a few days ago, it’s worth taking a moment to assess the health of right-to-die movement he fostered. This op-ed from the New York Times suggests that the right to die might be wheezing toward its end, at least in America. The citizens of Washington State and . . . . Continue Reading »
To know God falsely, says Tony Woodlief , is to write and paint and sculpt and cook and dance Him falsely: Perhaps it’s not poor artistic skill that yields bad Christian art, in other words, but poor Christianity. Consider, for example, some common sins of the Christian writer: [ . . . ] . . . . Continue Reading »
Australia has feral camel problem. Not being marsupials, they are of course, not indigenous to the continent. Australia also has a bad case of global warming hysteria within the political leadership class. (To get elected, PM Julia Gillard promised not to enact a cap and trade law, and then openly . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN’s Beliefnet blog looks at some of the misconceptions people have about what is in the Bible : The Bible may be the most revered book in America, but it’s also one of the most misquoted. Politicians, motivational speakers, coaches - all types of people - quote passages that actually . . . . Continue Reading »
After Jack Kevorkian died, I was asked by several publications to reflect on his death. I did so in The Corner previously, and now I have two pieces out today bringing different angles to the same story. First from the National Catholic Register:We should not speak ill of the dead, we . . . . Continue Reading »
No respectable public advocacy campaign should tolerate anti-Semitism in its name. But the anti circumcision movement allowed one of its prime leaders—Matthew Hess—to engage in the most rank bigotry with his Mohel Monster character in the “Foreskin Man” comic book . . . . Continue Reading »
Are we on the brink of an ecological “Great Disruption”? Paul Gilding thinks so, reports Thomas Friedman.Gilding cites the work of the Global Footprint Network, an alliance of scientists, which calculates how many “planet Earths” we need to sustain our current growth rates. . . . . Continue Reading »
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