Yes, Virginia. Will Wilkinson does the world a service and gives Glen Whitman plenty of space to air his deep concerns with nudgetarianism. At a recent panel discussing prospects for libertarian/liberal relations, I asked whether the real trouble, as opposed to liberaltarianism, wasn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Goldman Sachs, colloquially known as the Giant Vampire Squid, may meet the fate that our sages of antiquity predicted for the sea-monster Leviathan:Raba said in the name of R. Yochanan: The Holy One will make a feast for the righteous out of the flesh of Leviathan, and what is left will be . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m up at Bloggingheads talking American “rustics” with Jim Pinkerton — folks I sometimes refer to, in a spirit akin to Hunter Thompson’s, as “rubes.” One big question is whether Mead’s much-discussed foursquare categorization of Americans — . . . . Continue Reading »
I now know the time of my debate with animal rights movement leader Gary Francione, who promotes “abolition” and veganism, toward the end of eventually prohibiting all animal domesticaion—including dogs. He believes that sentience gives one the “right” not . . . . Continue Reading »
India lacks the sort of intense interest that Israel generates in American politics, so it is easy to overlook the damage that the Obama administration has done to our relations with a natural ally that is also the world’s largest democracy, an economic giant and a burgeoning military power. A . . . . Continue Reading »
To my fellow humans who are entering that most precarious stage of human development. Let me begin by congratulating you on making it through the embryonic stage. Too many of our fellow humans don’t even make it as far as you have now. Many died of natural causes. Others were cut down prior to . . . . Continue Reading »
This announcement appears on the “wall” of The Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future facebook group:We are delighted to announce that, after many months of development, the Worshipedia.org site is now live! With thousands of resources and hundreds of contributors, plus new materials and . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN asked the Socialist Party USA if they think he’s a socialist : Obama’s opponents have long described him as a socialist. But what do actual socialists think about Obama? Not much, says Wharton. “He’s the president whose main goal is to protect the wealth of the richest 5 . . . . Continue Reading »
A respondent on the English Catholic writer Damian Thompson’s Holy Smoke weblog quotes a useful passage from a recent book that defended Pope Benedict XVI from his detractors: Others have noted that we live in a time of hysteria about paedophilia, a mob psychology that calls to mind the Salem . . . . Continue Reading »
About a month ago, I traveled to Seattle to give a speech at the Discovery Institute about my new book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement. The event was covered by C-Span and is now available for viewing by hitting this link.This is the third time one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
