Peter Lawler

Look here. . Is this the beginning of the a big clash between health-and-safety legislation and religious duty? Is it evidence of a shortcoming of Scalia’s interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause? . . . . Continue Reading »

This is your opportunity to view a really fine whole conference on your computer through “streaming video.” If you want to see ME, click on the Locke panel, where I ambiguously endorsed some of the features of the “pink” Locke presented by Brown’s Professor Tomasi. . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . is talked up by ME here. I was slow to see this movie, because studies showed it wasn’t as good as the book. But from a “bioethical” view it’s, if anything, better. It tanked, I guess, because it’s depressingly realistic in ways that have little do with cloning. . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . according to ME . . . . . Continue Reading »

So here’s a real nice discussion of my MODERN AND AMERICAN DIGNITY . . . . . Continue Reading »

Given by ME . . . . . Continue Reading »

Pete continues to be the most realistic of the Republican bloggers. 1. The Republican House is in danger because of the Democrats’ advantage on Medicare. 2. The Democrats are getting away with murder by framing the issue as what we have now—“traditional” Medicare vs. radical . . . . Continue Reading »

HERE . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s what I think. This is in response to David’s sigh in the thread below about the Bob Dole year to come. . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a poetic PORCHER appreciation of MY “modest and prudential” approach to entitlement reform by James Matthew Wilson. I’m reminded, of course, that summer’s almost here, ratings are off, and AMERICAN IDOL is over. It might be time to start pro wrestling with our . . . . Continue Reading »