I am receiving media requests to comment on the embryonic stem cell human trial. I already have here at SHS. But I did again today over at The Corner. I point out how the media often fails to report more impressive human studies with adult stem cells. From “Media Misses the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ten Renaissance masterpieces available online , in amazing detail. Heather Macdonald reports on S an Francisco’s attempt to reclaim the public sidewalks from aggressive beggars, the current laws being idiotic. Matthew Archbold examines the anti-baby science of those who caught between the . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a well-written statement of the position that Americans are inconsistent because they’re unwilling to embrace the sacrifices required for genuine self-government. It’s also, perhaps, an excuse for not choosing between the Democrats or Republicans, given that neither is perfect. . . . . Continue Reading »
PBS has a new miniseries God In America that seeks to get “Inside the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America.” Later, the series will look at the so-called “Religious Right” and none other than evangelicalism’s favorite . . . . Continue Reading »
This election will almost surely materially lessen the power of global warming hysteria to move policy in the U.S. Congress. That doesn’t mean the hyperventilating will end. In fact, in the face of the coming change in the political atmosphere, environmentalist Bill McKibben . . . . Continue Reading »
A “wages of sin” or “be sure your sins will find you out” kind of story: our senior editor David Goldman writes in his lastest “Spengler” column for the Asia Times that much of the Islamic Republic [of Iran] runs on pirated software . . . . Most Iranian . . . . Continue Reading »
Despite my best efforts at proofreading, I’m constantly amazed at how many typos I let slip onto this website. Fortunately, none of them have been as embarrassing as this missing letter on a post at TBD: (Via: The Daily What ) . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The Conference at Berry (funded by the U of Chicago project on the science of virtue) is drawing near (Nov. 4-5). You can hear about Descartes, Locke, Darwin, Percy, Tom Wolfe, George Grant, Heidegger, and much more. And of course you can meet Ralph Hancock, America’s leading theologian, . . . . Continue Reading »
In a reversal of a long-term trend , young adults with college degrees are now more likely to be married than those who receive less formal education: About 62 percent of college-educated 30-year-olds were married or had been married, compared with 60 percent of those without a bachelor’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The short answer is: Pelt Israel with unguided missiles from southern Lebanon. In today’s Spengler essay at Asia Times Online, I evaluate Iran’s susceptibility to cyberwar. The Islamic Republic pirates virtually all its software and almost all of its competent software engineers have . . . . Continue Reading »
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