See, I have to deal with this all of the time in the issues about which I engage. Too often, we don’t judge the wisdom of policies by their impact or their propriety, but how those affected make us “feel.” And now President Obama is being criticized for his handling of . . . . Continue Reading »
Clay Farris Naff asked in the Huffington Post last week, Do We Really Want America to Be a Christian Iran? It only takes a moment’s reflection on that question to realize Naff’s sense of proportion (like Tavis Smiley’s) is tilted. Many of his “facts” and his arguments . . . . Continue Reading »
The Department of Homeland Security has released a Public Service Announcement suggesting vigilance as an antidote to terrorism, with a slogan that will, no doubt, strike some as a bit too politically correct: “There are no suspicious people, only suspicious behaviors.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Whatever your theory of justice and fairness, you’ll be fascinated by a study published last week in the journal Science . “Fairness and Development of Inequality Acceptance” found that younger children favor socialist impulses toward wealth distribution, but grow to accept a more . . . . Continue Reading »
Since a lot of readers of this blog are pro-space travel, I thought they might be interested in the answer to the question, “How long can a human live unprotected in space? ” The most fascinating part is how NASA found out this deadly information: At NASA’s Manned Spacecraft . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Since it’s a slow news day and there’s not much else to write about, I thought I’d offer some unsolicited career advice to new high school and college graduates. Admittedly, its not ground-breaking guidance. But I thought someone might benefit from hearing that they . . . . Continue Reading »
In the pages of the Wall Street Journal , Peggy Noonan wonders if a string of failures for the Obama administration counts as mounting evidence not only against his primary claim to rule, executive competence, but also against the undergirding premises of liberal political philosophy. The debate . . . . Continue Reading »
Advocates of same-sex marriage often justify their radical position by claiming that homosexual matrimony is akin to interracial marriage. Frank Beckwith explains why the analogy fails : While doing research for an academic paper on the topic of same-sex marriage and political liberalism, I was . . . . Continue Reading »
Returning from seeing the devastation near his hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi, Russell Moore reflects on the failures of Christians to give due consideration to environmental protection : For too long, we evangelical Christians have maintained an uneasy ecological conscience. I include myself in . . . . Continue Reading »
Legatus Magazine asked me to write a piece on the recent successes in assisted suicide advocacy. I said yes, I wrote, and it is now out.I begin with a brief recitation of the history of modern assisted suicide advocacy, starting with the failed attempt to place a legalization initiative on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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