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 »
Peter’s review of Avatar is a must-read: Avatar isn’t much a movie: Instead, Cameron’s cooked up a derivative, overlong pastiche of anti-corporate clichés and quasi-mystical eco-nonsense. It’s not that the film’s politics make it bad, it’s that . . . . Continue Reading »
I can’t think of a more foolish attitude I harbor at times than when I look back on previous generations and assume they were ignorant, unenlightened, unaware and totally outside of what I’m thinking and experiencing today. I was reminded of something the British writer G.K. Chesterton . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s right: Men. Not “Let us our songs employ,” or “Let all their songs employ,” but men.That’s how Isaac Watts wrote it back in the eighteenth century, when he wrote Joy to the World.This line gets changed from “men” to “us” or . . . . Continue Reading »
As the Obama Administration pretends that Copenhagen was a major breakthrough, the hysterics are furious at their failure to gain control of the world’s economies and governance. From the story:Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: “The city of Copenhagen is a crime . . . . Continue Reading »
My pal Nat Hentoff—a self-described “Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian, pro lifer”—gave an interview to the Rutherford Institute. Nat has been around a long time—he was close with the Beat Poets, for example—and as the interviewer states, because he sticks . . . . Continue Reading »
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