The artificial market in carbon dioxide imposed on Europe by global warming hysterics, plunged after the Copenhagen debacle. From the story:Carbon prices plunged yesterday in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, dealing a blow to the credibility of the European Union’s . . . . Continue Reading »
It is unthinkable that in a free country like the UK, that girls are subjected to genital mutilation. From the story:Hundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays as experts warn the practice continues to flourish . . . . Continue Reading »
Mr Turk makes an interesting point in the conversation about ecumenical conversations, although I’m not entirely sure it’s the point he wants to make. A week or so ago he offered that those of other denominations, specifically the Roman and Easter churches were right with God only if . . . . Continue Reading »
New Yorker Ada Calhoun has a secret so perverse, so shocking, that it will scandalize her liberal cohorts : Why am I so paranoid? I’m not cheating on my husband, committing crimes or doing drugs. But those are battles my cosmopolitan, progressive friends would understand. Many of them had to . . . . Continue Reading »
Here is an excerpt from a short piece I wrote for the now defunct Culture 11 last December and that has been generously reprinted by our friends over at The New Atlantis . It’s impossible to ignore all the characteristic signposts of the Christmas season—wherever you go the familiar . . . . Continue Reading »
Things are hard and the message of Advent, the days before Christmas, is not to cheer up, but to look up. The redemption of all people is coming, but it is coming on God’s timing.That frustrates me and I suspect I am not the only one. We want help when we think we need it, but God insists on . . . . Continue Reading »
...discussing the dollar and interest . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a new What It Means to be Human podcast out, in which I describe the brave new world agenda and my optimism in the human capacity to control our own future. “We are not helpless against the admittedly powerful forces of technological change,” I say. “Rather than . . . . Continue Reading »
What are we to make of these trends? A 2009 Gallup Poll shows that Protestant and Catholic levels of church attendance are converging. But the Catholics who attend mass weekly are getting older, while an increasing proportion of young Protestants are attending church services. Thoughts from readers . . . . Continue Reading »
An esoteric branch of Jewish commentary, gematria, seeks meaning in the numerical value of names. This approach never has convinced me, for God is entirely capable of providing names that tell us exactly what to think about the associated material.For example: a review copy of a new book entitled . . . . Continue Reading »
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