Do not tell me that this administration has no intention of rationing health care. Do not even breathe it. Former Senator Tom Daschle, who would today be head of Health and Human Services but for some tax problems—the man the NYT called the most influential adviser on . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you guess which magazine is the most widely circulated in the world? I’ll give you two hints: (1) It’s a religious publication, and (2) it’s (sadly) not First Things . Figured it out? It’s . . . . . . The Watchtower Frank takes six copies of the English-language . . . . Continue Reading »
A soon (we hope) to retire Austrian bishop says all the usual things, according to Austrian Bishop Questions Celibacy (the link is to a shorter version of the story than the one I received). Let priests marry, ordain women (maybe), let divorced and remarried couples receive communion, and be nice . . . . Continue Reading »
Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, 59, better known as Seh Daeng, was allied with the protesters. He was struck in the head by a bullet during an interview with this reporter. New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller is shockingly blasé about a guy getting shot while he’s interviewing him(!). . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Bauerlein notes a Steve Chatman’s study , which seems to show that students majoring in ethnic studies tend to have a less-diverse—ah, that word!—college experience, interacting less often than do, say, math majors, with students of other ethnic backgrounds. What’s more, . . . . Continue Reading »
“Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes . . . . Continue Reading »
David Hart’s recent essay on the New Atheists has been receiving a great deal of attention—and criticism. At the risk of piling on, I have to add a complaint of my own. There is one part of his essay where he stretches a congenial concession into a dangerously misleading claim: Skepticism . . . . Continue Reading »
Today the church recalls the ascension of Christ to heaven, where he sits at the right hand of God the Father. In the liturgies for this day, the assigned psalm is often Psalm 47: “God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing . . . . Continue Reading »
Animal rights activists often like to tout a purported quote from our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. Here’s the alleged quote:I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of the whole human being.I read at least one Lincoln biography a year, and I have . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not a big believer that science will extend the normal human lifespan anytime soon—if ever. But I find it interesting that the transhumanist idea of immortality has caught on in some influential circles, with some insisting that the prevention of aging is a moral imperative. . . . . Continue Reading »
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