PLEASE GIVE, about all of the above in Manhattan today, is the best movie of the year so far by far. It’s connection to SEX IN THE CITY is a little sex and a lot of City. And the sex portrayed is pathetic—a fat guy and a hugely (emotionally) wounded fading beauty committing adultery . . . . Continue Reading »
In April, 2009, a draft report from NVAC raised the question of whether the apparent cause of autism coming from vaccinations was not due to the presence of mercury but instead might be due to the presence of, and an interaction with, the aborted fetus (human) DNA in the vaccine. Teresa Deisher . . . . Continue Reading »
You just knew this one was coming. How often did the president promise that if you like your current insurance policy, you can keep your insurance policy. So often it was a mantra. And it was false according to current Adm. plans. From the story:Internal administration . . . . Continue Reading »
(Note: For several years on Evangelical Outpost , I compiled a weekly roundup of thirty-three links, quotes, and other intriguing tidbits I found around the web. When I turned that site over to the folks at Biola University’s Torrey Honors Institute, they kept the tradition going . I’ve . . . . Continue Reading »
“Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet” (Acts 4:36-37).“While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set . . . . Continue Reading »
Because my blog post on the role of disgust in the debate on same-sex marriage has generated some controversy, I thought an excerpt from Martha Nussbaum’s book, From Disgust to Humanity, would be helpful. She challenges the conventional view that disgust is only a visceral emotion that is not . . . . Continue Reading »
For a delightful romp through the academic groves, see a satirical effusion from Jason Peters over at The Front Porch Republic: The Way to Bliss. Part David Lodge, part Jonathan Swift, part John Kennedy Toole, this collegiate reverie has some wickedly funny moments: feminist archeologists who . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I encouraged readers to take a look at a column by David Rieff over on The New Republic website. Today’s Wall Street Journal reports some changes in the Obama administration’s efforts to support dissidents in Iran. The details are interesting, and readers will . . . . Continue Reading »
A young friend of Irish descent, who spent his high school years in Dublin, displeased by our publication of Stephen Webb’s How Soccer is Ruining America , writes: First Things can write what it wishes on theology, no arguments from me. You can write what you will on politics, up . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a Q and A avec moi in Salvo, actually a version of an earlier audio interview conducted several months ago. As an abridged product, it misses some of the nuances, but here are the core points of that exchange. From “You Beast: Animal Rights and Wrongs:”You write in your . . . . Continue Reading »
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