Joseph Bottum

. . . to this tee-shirt of Arlington Cemetery:[Rating: 12 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

Richard Stith writes : Inclusion of abortion in an official national healthcare plan is a communal imprimatur, similar to the imprimatur received for gay sex when gay marriage is approved. It does more than increase liberty; it says that nothing is significantly wrong with the act in question. True . . . . Continue Reading »

Not perfect, by any means, but a surprisingly sensible take on the Gospel of Judas in the New Yorker : “The answer is not to fix the Bible but to fix ourselves.” . . . . Continue Reading »

In the first go ’round, Neill v. Bullseye Collection Agency promised to be one of the weirdest, most interesting cases in recent years. A collection agency was putting WWJD? —What Would Jesus Do?—in the upper corner of its dunning letters, and a couple named Mark and Sara Neill sued, . . . . Continue Reading »

A while back, Sally found a flashdrive cross necklace: Wear your faith and be saved! She rated it 23 out of 100, so I guess this flashplayer cross necklace can’t do much better:In fact, let’s say that it does worse.[Rating: 22 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

So, what are we to make of the Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act ? Rick Garnett writes : They are asking pro-lifers to agree that it is “compromise” to accept the roll-back of the gains they have secured . . . . Many of us who are pro-life are being asked to accept . . . . Continue Reading »

OK, Sally, look: I know that we’re supposed to be religion blogging here at Icons & Curiosities, but I just saw for sale this apple-tree bed:Its neighboring metalworks-tree bed, too:and I had to post them. I suppose I could connect them to our topic via, maybe, the brilliant work being done on . . . . Continue Reading »

Like half of America, I’ve fallen for Megan McArdle ‘s economic blogging. Here she is carefully working her way through the question of nationalized health care: The other major reason that I am against national health care is the increasing license it gives elites to wrap their claws . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s not just Glenn Reynolds who thinks Obamaism may have jumped the shark. Comes Mickey Kaus to “throw caution to the wind” and predict: Despite all the innovative e-mobilization and ad campaigns and town halls, the August recess will not produce any effective groundswell of . . . . Continue Reading »

My friend—well, maybe not friend, exactly, since we’ve never met, but, anyway, Mark Shea, a guy I’ve exchanged emails with, is invading Icons & Curiosities territory and (may harpies claw away his sandals and make a painful snack of toes) doing it better than I can. Noting this . . . . Continue Reading »