Ryan T. Anderson

The Drudge Report is highlighting this address that President Bush gave yesterday . A taste: Declaring the age of paternalism over, President Bush said Thursday the United States demands clear results for the billions of taxpayer dollars it sends to Africa. He accused other nations of exploiting . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Nathaniel mentioned the Washington Post editorial on Iraq. Today, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal follow suit. The Times even notes some progress: Good news is rare in Iraq. But after months of bitter feuding, Iraq’s Parliament has finally approved a budget, outlined . . . . Continue Reading »

The trash isn’t picked up on time, and the public schools are failing, but at least New York City is on top of condom distribution. New Yorkers will be greeted by city health officials today handing out special NYC condoms; the slogan: “get some.” Article here and here (with . . . . Continue Reading »

And so there’s no reason to let it get in the way of your education. Here are some summer programs that our student-readers might want to apply for. The WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE is pleased announce the creation of the Schreyer Summer Seminars and is accepting applications to its six summer . . . . Continue Reading »

And they’re not embryonic. “Scientists say they have replaced a 65-year-old patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.” Article here . . . . . Continue Reading »

“Dutch Catholics have re-branded the Lent fast as the ‘Christian Ramadan’ in an attempt to appeal to young people who are more likely to know about Islam than Christianity.” The story is here . . . . . Continue Reading »

In yesterday’s New York Times Book Review Will Saletan reviewed Embryo: A Defense of Human Life . Robert George and Chris Tollefsen, the authors of Embryo , have a response up on NRO . . . . . Continue Reading »

Articles from this weekend (just a portion, hardly exhaustive) that may interest anyone interested in religion, culture, and public life: Catholic vote and Hilary Clinton ( NY Times ) Rabbis criticizing the revised Good Friday praye r ( NY Times ) James Dobson and John McCain ( Wall Street Journal . . . . Continue Reading »

Uh, no, Nathaniel, I don’t think that’s it at all . Our disagreement was about your overly-simplistic approach to this question, an approach you continue to take in your most recent post. You said the answers to these questions were “obvious;” I said they weren’t . I . . . . Continue Reading »

The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good —-that’s the title of a 2006 book by NYU economics professor William Easterly. Fr. Neuhaus commented on the book in The Public Square back then (scroll down to the second . . . . Continue Reading »