I had hoped that my senator, Ben Nelson from Nebraska, would stand up for the sanctity of life. His vote turned out to be decisive for moving the health care legislation forward in the Senate, and it looked as though he would hold out for something like the Stupak amendment to the Senate . . . . Continue Reading »
Copenhagen is over, and it is even less than met the eye yesterday. In fact, the “deal” isn’t even really a deal. From the story:After intense overnight wrangling, delegates from 192 countries on Saturday passed a motion simply “noting” a loose deal aimed at . . . . Continue Reading »
The NYT today profiles Princeton’s Robert P. George, The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker.HT: James . . . . Continue Reading »
Sigh. Even Native Americans are the bad guys when hysterical scientists start pounding the End Of the World Drum. A new study predicts that we will cause a mass extinction worse than what happened to the dinosaurs. From the story:The study of the fossil and archaeological record over the . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan says something that gets the wheels turning: At the moment, my side, the partisans of going after downscale voters first, is losing the argument to those who recommend going after the voters Michael Petrilli has described as ” Whole Foods Republicans .” What makes these voters . . . . Continue Reading »
The Romans built roads, the Greeks did philosophy, Americans don’t sleep much.Consuming worthwhile entertainment alone is a full time job: Netflix is calling me to watch the complete Shakespeare now. Add to that the temptation of the guilty pleasures of the new Dr. Who (the best new series of . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been warning that the politicization of science and the attempt to turn it into an ideology—even a religion—would badly undermine the public’s confidence. Indeed, I warned that the outrageous stem cell hyping, the global warming hysteria, and the clear suppression of . . . . Continue Reading »
We near the end of the adventures of Laura, head of the ultra-progressive Community School, and Colleen, a Baptist accidentally enrolled there. The Brownies and the Anti-Brownie prepare to battle for the soul of Laura.Start listening to this holiday radio program here.Episode 13The Brownies discuss . . . . Continue Reading »
Senator Ben Nelson got as much lucre for Nebraska as he could, and with Joe Lieberman, killed the public option. He also appears to have obtained an abortion compromise that would allow states to opt out of abortion coverage, which would result in huge swaths of the USA free . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the Voegelin View website, Fritz Wagner has the first two parts of a four part essay titled, “Medieval Rationalism or Mystic Philosophy” by Dr. Ellis Sandoz the editor of the Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. The essay originally appeared in a compilation of essays titled, Faith . . . . Continue Reading »
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