Good grief. It goes from bad, to worse, to I don’t know what to call it. In the UK, unavailability of maternity beds has women giving birth in waiting rooms. From the story:Women are being forced to give birth in a hospital waiting room because there are not enough beds in . . . . Continue Reading »
This is probably the most effective political ad you’ll see this election season. Gov. Pat Quinn may be a supporter of the right to abort humans, but when it comes to the killing of puppies he’s adamantly pro-life. And that’s what really counts, right? (Via: Outside the Beltway ) . . . . Continue Reading »
On his blog, Ed Feser offers some amusing versions of the informal fallacies , in this case very informal ones. They’re all worth quoting, so I will. Post doc, ergo propter doc : The delusion that a Ph.D. confers wisdom, or even basic competence. Example: “Of course the medievals . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m waiting for a chance to read Sam Harris’s new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. I like Harris’s thoughtfulness, his recognition of moral realities, and his stand against religiously motivated violence. That doesn’t mean his attempts to . . . . Continue Reading »
This ad, from a very popular W. VA Governor running for the U.S. Senate—who is unexpectedly losing, according to the polls—illustrates where I think the American people are. Against Obamacare and against global warming hysteria:P.S. Only a Democrat could get away with using the . . . . Continue Reading »
Along the same lines as the typo mentioned in yesterday’s Erratum of the Week , at a discussion last night I heard someone ask a question about the pope speaking “ex catheter.” He later referred to someone as a “teetoddler.” Update: Not an error, exactly, but close. . . . . Continue Reading »
In Evangelicalism’s Fads and Figures , today’s “On the Square,” Joe Carter lists ten Evangelical “fixtures” (as opposed to fads) he finds harm not only Evangelicalism but evangelism. Starting with making converts. . . . . Continue Reading »
Alex Tabarrok highlights some of the misconceptions college students have about economics: Bill Goffe recently (2009) surveyed one of his macro principles classes and found, for example, that the median student believes that 35% of workers earn the minimum wage and a substantial fraction . . . . Continue Reading »
Over the past few years, David Frum has developed an infamous reputation for being the type of “conservative” that believes that true conservatism requires embracing progressive issues such as abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and the carbon tax. “We all have our vices,” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Netherlands is learning that establishing Red Light districts and cannabis-selling coffee shops maybe wasn’t such a great idea after all: For Paul Schnabel, director of the Social and Cultural Planning Office, a government advisory board, the move reflects a growing view that the . . . . Continue Reading »
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