This was a bad and unhelpful book.It was not bad because it was simple. Goldwater (or his ghost) used fewer pages in Conscience of a Conservative and said more. It was not bad because it was autobiographical. Though I don’t like his politics, President Obama confessed more and said it better . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of people seem emotionally invested in Rom Houben not actually being conscious. But all the evidence is on the other side. Now, his doctor Steven Laureys is interviewed in the New Scientist about his diagnosis. From the interview:Can you say what makes you so sure he is . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the e-mails in the Climategate scandal—yes, I still think the hackers should be prosecuted—vividly illustrates how badly ideology has corrupted too much of science. From a Wall Street Journal editorial:As anonymous reviewers of choice for certain journals, Mr. Mann & Co. had . . . . Continue Reading »
Sigh. Here we go again—maybe. When certain facts or developments in a story don’t support the line of reportage the MSM wants to pursue, too often, they simply resort to non journalism by omission, perhaps in the hope that their non coverage will make it go away.It appears that . . . . Continue Reading »
So I was reading John Mark Reynolds’ live-blog of Sarah Palin’s new memoir, and I’m sure he’s right about the whole thing. The only conservative writers I can stand for more than 900 words once a week in a column are William F. Buckley and P.J. O’Rourke — and . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare-along with radical environmentalism—are ultimately about power and government grabbing control over the way we live our personal lives. A case in point tonight out of Sweden, where the head of the Swedish Welfare Board wants doctors to make patients quit smoking as a condition of . . . . Continue Reading »
Introduction to the Project:(This is a completed live blog. I have decided not to correct most typographical errors or “fix” it. Some was done as late as 3 AM as I finished the book, but I felt the authenticity of the moment generally better than a smoothed out version.)I have defended . . . . Continue Reading »
Ed Stoddard of Reuters’ religion blog Faithworld carries a roundup of the skirmish between Congressman Patrick Kennedy, the son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, has claimed that Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin . In conclusion, Stoddard asks: This leads to a question about the consistency . . . . Continue Reading »
The Dutch have the most wild and open euthanasia license in the world. And yet, it is never enough. Now, the lawyer responsible for obtaining a Dutch Supreme Court ruling okaying assisted suicide for the mentally ill, wants psychiatrists to have to justify not killing their suicidal patients . . . . Continue Reading »
I interviewed Dutch lawyer Eugene Sutorius in 1996 for my book Forced Exit. I found him gracious, intelligent, and a quick legal mind. I liked him a lot. But he’s Darth Vader.Sutorious is absolutely committed to using the law as dynamite to create the broadest possible . . . . Continue Reading »
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