R.R. Reno’s column this week examines the paradox of liberalism : We’re happiest, the present-day liberal presumes, when we can make up our own minds about what makes life worth living—or even if life is worth living. The commitment to freedom seems complete, yet paradoxically this . . . . Continue Reading »
Many thanks to the New York Times for cluing me in to the existence of Liturgy, a black metal band committed to turning the genre’s deep-seated nihilist beliefs into a positive, life-affirming philosophy. The band’s improbably named lead singer, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, proudly proclaims . . . . Continue Reading »
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vows not to cut Medicare. From Politico: “There is a bipartisan discussion going on that is civil and constructive, and that they’ve come to some areas where they can possibly reach agreement. But nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed . . . . Continue Reading »
At The Catholic World Report , James Hitchcock examines the failings of liberal Catholicism : No one has yet managed to transcend or synthesize the concepts “liberal” and “conservative,” however inadequate those words are for denoting religious beliefs. Conservative Catholics . . . . Continue Reading »
Dale Stephens thinks he knows enough to know that college is a waste of time . It’s expensive and a lot of people apparently don’t learn a lot. I left college two months ago because it rewards conformity rather than independence, competition rather than collaboration, . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not bringing this up to get back into the anti Semitic advocacy of MGMbill’s Foreskin Man and the vicious hate depiction of Monster Mohel, the psychopathic rabbi. If people want to weigh in on that topic further—although, what else is there to say that hasn’t already been . . . . Continue Reading »
This is apparently the official 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic, and it is, quite naturally, a big front page story in this morning’s SF Chronicle. When I moved to The City in 1992, the epidemic was at full roar, and it was God awful to behold.Things are much better now, but the monster . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. Barbara Walters vividly illustrates how incompetently the media usually reported the Kevorkian story. I mean, way back in 1992 she was already worried about K’s monicker, “Dr. Death,” apparently oblivious that he was called that because during medical school . . . . Continue Reading »
Continuing with my review of Kevorkian obituaries, we now turn to the revisionist history in the Washington Post. My jaw dropped—and I thought I had seen every angle possible in Kevorkian hagiography—when Post writer Sindya N. Banhoo actually credits Kevorkian with a short-lived assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
As we move along in our review of Kevorkian obits (Bloomberg Best in Field), we now turn to the New York—all the news we see fit to print—Times. And of course, the paper of record, byline Keith Schneider, is often overly flattering to K, omits crucial facts, and is sometimes just . . . . Continue Reading »
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