A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Expenditures on Children by Families , finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2008 can expect to spend about $221,190 ($291,570 when adjusted for inflation) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as a sort of baptized feng shui would get to me, too, after a while, I think. This cruciform decorating mania of Jody’s reminds me somehow of a day I spent in Little Walsingham years ago. This Norfolk village, as you may or may not recall, rejoices in the title of “England’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s Spengler essay at “Asia Times Online” addresses the decline of Arab Christianity and the causes of the extreme rancor that Arab Christians often express towards the Jewish State. (Note: The blurb makes it seem as if I am attacking Israel — quite the opposite. It . . . . Continue Reading »
It is amazing how our betters in Congress hate being petitioned by their constituents about a health care bill that could ruin our medical system. And Speaker Pelosi calls people like the doctor in this story who dared to ask his Congressman a question, “Un American.” No, unbelievable. . . . . Continue Reading »
This summer has been one of profitable reading for me. Among the many books I have read are two that are particularly outstanding. Their virtue lies in the skillful, informed, and clear way they dismantle the case for unbelief made by a small cluster of writers that has come to be known as ” . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a chance—just a chance, because I don’t think the leaders of Congress or the President care much what the people think—that the current Obamacare plans can be defeated. The key is the independent voters. The new Rasmussen Poll shows they are turning against Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »
The American media is uninterested in fuly reporting the assisted suicide story, particularly the problems that have occurred in Oregon. But with the issue hotly debated now in the UK, the Daily Mail has a long story illustrating the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide. Since our own . . . . Continue Reading »
The American media are utterly uninterested in the many problems that have been reliably reported with Oregon assisted suicide. Instead, they take the facile “statistics” published each year by the state at face value—interview some supporters of PAS—and then blithely assure . . . . Continue Reading »
Not good: NHS hospitals are apparently struggling with vermin infestations. From the story:Ants in operating theatres and maternity, cockroaches in x-ray and mice in A&E are some of the 30,000 pest infestations in NHS hospitals over the last four years, figures have revealed.Data released under . . . . Continue Reading »
(HT: Davy Buck on Southern Appeal ) You can find it in either PDF or html form. It is a summary (including very brief commentaries) of parts of HR 3200 . It was, according to the document, “reviewed, revised and adapted on July 29, 2009, by Liberty Counsel from the original . . . . Continue Reading »
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