[Note: Cross-posted from First Thoughts.]So, like many in the Christian blogosphere, I’ve been a regular reader of Michael Spencer’s Internet Monk and Boar’s Head Tavern blogs for years, my clicking those links with an obsessive-compulsive fury. And although BHT is a group blog, it . . . . Continue Reading »
The American people may not have liked it, but forcing Obamacare on us was necessary for our own good. After all, our liberal technocratic overlords know best—or at least better than we individuals—what is necessary for the pursuit of our happiness. Sure, the measure was unpopular and . . . . Continue Reading »
Ralph Peters’ op-ed in today’s New York Post shows that our putative allies in Afghanistan as well as Iraq are in bed with Iran. He argues that it’s a blunder. It will be a blunder, but it’s actually Obama’s policy, and it was spelled out by now Defense Secretary . . . . Continue Reading »
The concept that the local community—rather than the federal government—is responsible for taking care of the sick is a foreign concept to most Americans. But the Amish still hold to that idea and back in January it looked like Amishcare would trump Obamacare . Unfortunately for them, the . . . . Continue Reading »
I never cease to be amazed at how absolute the abortion right has become. Women not only have a right to abortion, through the ninth month in many cases, but so do children—and they can obtain an abortion in some states without their parents even knowing they underwent a serious surgical . . . . Continue Reading »
In a paper called ” From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years ,” three economists provide an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization. From the abstract: Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce . . . . Continue Reading »
From Faith & Leadership at Duke UniversityROGER LUNDIN: THE POETIC LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIPThe Blanchard Professor of English at Wheaton College reconciles the modern age with evangelicalism through the poetry of Emily DickinsonMarch 23, 2010 | Download this clip for free on iTunes U to hear . . . . Continue Reading »
Via Julian , I see that Yglesias has spun a narrative : For the past 65-70 years—and especially for the past 30 years since the end of the civil rights argument—American politics has been dominated by controversy over the size and scope of the welfare state. Today, that argument is . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Cato, Julian Sanchez has written a post about how the aftermath of healthcare reform could reveal faultlines in existing political coalitions and trigger realignment: There’s no intrinsic commonality between, say, “left” positions on taxation, foreign policy, and reproductive . . . . Continue Reading »
More litigation against Obamacare: Apparently the law expanded Medicaid—which is paid in part by the states. They don’t have the money and some are suing. From the story:President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that sued today because the . . . . Continue Reading »
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