For obvious reasons, most people are focused on the danger the financial crisis poses to their vital private interests. But some commentators, looking at the larger picture, argue that the long-predicted end of American dominance (and the advent of a multipolar world) has now begun with a . . . . Continue Reading »
“For he will give his angels charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up . . . ” (Psalm 91:11-12) On Angels All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence. Yet I believe you, messengers. There, where the world is turned inside . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the New York Times ’ technology blog, Steve Lohr sat down with Craig Barrett, the chairman of Intel, to discuss education. Refreshingly, Barrett isn’t convinced that technology is the answer to the country’s education crisis: “We’re bailing out Wall Street, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle lambasting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for “Kowtowing to Big Biotech”(the paper’s headline that isn’t in the online version.) I have had a burr in my behind about my governor ever since he endorsed Proposition . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Alderman provides an interesting theological argument from tradition that I’d never thought of. I don’t think it’s foolproof, but I do think there’s something to it: “Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be . . . . Continue Reading »
I always hate to discuss PETA, but once again it has thrown truth and integrity to the wind with a billboard falsely linking milk drinking and autism. From the story: A new PETA-sponsored “go vegan” campaign billboard in Newark, N.J., includes the phrase “Studies have shown a link . . . . Continue Reading »
In the August/September issue of First Things , Mary Eberstadt incisively discusses the ” Vindication of Humanae Vitae ,” noting that among the harmful consequences of the contraceptive culture was the Protestant—especially Anglican—collapse. Before 1930, no Christian Church . . . . Continue Reading »
In After Virtue , Alasdair MacIntyre writes of G.E. Moore’s emotivism: “This is great silliness of course; but it is the great silliness of highly intelligent and perceptive people.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Grieving fans of the New York Sun may appreciate Sol Stern’s warm eulogy in City Journal . . . . . Continue Reading »
A storm is brewing in the normally peaceful town of Westhampton Beach, NY: Rabbi Marc Schneier, who counts New York Gov. David Paterson among his friends, wants the Westhampton Beach mayor and village board to approve the placement of the religious boundary called an eruv, which would allow . . . . Continue Reading »
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