One of the more promising innovations in state-level education policy has been the establishment of programs that encourage privately-funded scholarships for students attending private and religious elementary and secondary schools. Avoiding the hotly-contested political terrain of vouchers, . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe that those who want to legalize recreational pot used sick people as a front to achieve their ends by creating the state medical marijuana systems. Indeed, the experience in California proves it, as attested by columnist Nicolas Kristof, who argues in his NYT column for the full . . . . Continue Reading »
I favor government funding of medical research. But that comes with a price—those with political power tend to gain more support than those without—even if the needs of the politically unconnected are more pressing than that of those with clout.I bring this up because of a piece in . . . . Continue Reading »
“If Jesus were to have written a book on ethics,” says Mark Galli , “he might have titled it Insignificant Is Beautiful .” I have a good friend who has been caring for his elderly mother. She sits in a wheel chair, complains a lot, and requires constant attention—to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam? asks the Daily Mail in their “femail” section. Though the Daily Mail is one of the respectable English tabloids (please note that “respectable” is to be defined in terms of “tabloid”), the . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, a researcher at the Institute for American Values analyzes the effects upon the marriages of the less-educated of certain elite ideas that the affluent can afford more easily than the poor. “Less-educated women are punting . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent news article on AOL Health claims: Nearly one in ten teens has had a same-sex partner — double what previous research has shown, according to a surprising new study. The latest findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, reveal that 9.3 percent of teenagers say they have had . . . . Continue Reading »
Al Gore is Elmer Gantry. Expert at posing as the Puritan, he preaches hell and brimstone and calls on us to be saved by saving the planet. And he’s gotten very rich doing it. He won (ludicrously) the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s become a rock star of the Left.But walk . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian Fred Sanders, who teaches a great books program at Biola ‘s Torrey Honors Institute , lists eight qualities that make a book a “great book” : 7. A great book is weird. It’s got angles, edges, textures, and stuff sticking out that you wouldn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Steven D. Boyer has an excellent analysis of how the Narnia films subvert C.S. Lewis’s hierarchical world: Then follow some remarkable lines. Says Peter, “Don’t you ever get tired of being treated like a kid?” “We are kids,” Edmund wryly observes. “Well, I . . . . Continue Reading »
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