Nature had a discussion about whether humans could—or should—wipe out mosquitoes, since they cause us so much harm. I would hesitate to wipe out any species based on the potential ecological consequences and balances, while certainly would support eradicating or deeply reducing the . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s David Brooks’ judicious view of the most celebrated novel of the year. It’s too easy to display people today as being empty or insignificant or having nothing left to lose, and it’s natural for literary men and women to be critical of times without obvious exemplars . . . . Continue Reading »
At The Weekly Standard , Jonathan V. Last examines the culture of childless adults . Last mentions a Washington Post story about “altercations between parents, who bring their children, and childless adults, who bring their dogs, to play in the [Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park].” Here . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia rises to defend Christine O’Donnell on two points for which she (O’Donnell) has been much ridiculed: her statements on lying and on masturbation. In today’s “On the Square” article, she describes O’Donnell as like Palin-Lite; half the experience, . . . . Continue Reading »
“Some questions we ask today would simply baffle our ancestors,” notes theologian Albert Mohler. Once such question is whether Christians should practice yoga : When Christians ask whether believers should practice yoga, they are asking a question that betrays the strangeness of our . . . . Continue Reading »
Once upon a time I was a siren.Being a siren is not difficult; when a mommy and daddy siren loves each other very much . . . baby sirens come along. Humans find us ugly, because we are ugly. There is no way around what constant inbreeding has done to us, but Homer and the lying poets did not have to . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news, everybody: The recession ended over a year ago! (Now get back to work, you unemployed slackers.) The Great Recession ended in June 2009, according to the body charged with dating when economic downturns begin and end. [ . . . ] The National Bureau of Economic Research, an independent . . . . Continue Reading »
Evelyn Birge Vitz and Paul C. Vitz write on Women, Abortion, and the Brain , examining the traumatized response of even some pro-choice who’ve had abortions. “For many women, their abortion turns out to have been a nightmare from which they cannot wake up.” Also from Public . . . . Continue Reading »
If I could read Hebrew, I’d be considering a career change : A Forward survey of the way churches and synagogues raise and spend funds found this pattern across the country: Rabbis are generally paid far more than their non-Jewish counterparts, for reasons having to do with congregation size . . . . Continue Reading »
A new national survey Pew Research Center finds that Americans say faith drives their stances on social and political issues— but only sometimes : Despite the fact that many religious leaders have been outspoken advocates for immigration reform, just 7% of adults who take a position on . . . . Continue Reading »
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