Preston Jones has written a perceptive review of Christopher Hitchens’ memoir, Hitch-22, for Books & Culture. What interested me was Jones’ reflection on the craft, character, and consequences of writing:Words have consequences. Hitchens fleetingly acknowledges that his decades of . . . . Continue Reading »
So I heard that Lee Greenwood country classic blaring at the Fourth of July parade in Cave Springs, GA. I believe I wrote that parade up last year, so I won’t do it again—except to say it combines genuine patriotism, high technology, solid prosperity, quirky localism, and evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Federalist Society provides a very insightful and useful podcast in which University of Chicago and NYU law professor Richard A. Epstein analyzes the June 28 decision that vindicated the Hastings Law School policy of forcing all groups to accept whomever wishes to participate, a policy that led . . . . Continue Reading »
I leave tomorrow for a two week speaking tour of Australia arguing against legalizing assisted suicide and warning about culture of death issues generally. Right to Life Australia will have the details of where and when I’ll be speaking , but here are the cities and dates of my . . . . Continue Reading »
More than two decades ago I walked into the building of a megachurch near Chicago on the Sunday nearest the Independence Day holiday. I sat down prepared to worship the God who revealed himself uniquely in Jesus Christ, but I was disappointed by what I saw when I opened the bulletin. Every . . . . Continue Reading »
The always informative Michael Cook over at Bioedge notes that a former enthusiast and participant in ESCR has abandoned the field to pursue IPSCs. From the post:Amongst scientists who promoted the use of human embryonic stem cells five years ago, in the middle of passionate debates in the US, . . . . Continue Reading »
The hubris and profligacy of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine—established foolishly by CA voters on the wings of ESCR/cloning ultra hype—continues to amaze in its sheer audacity. Now, an executive has been brought on board part time for 6 months, for which he will . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Roger Callois on the difference between play, work, and art: A characteristic of play, in fact, is that it creates no wealth or goods, thus differing from work or art. At the end of the game, all can and must start over again at the same point. Nothing has been harvested or manufactured, no . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this afternoon, our senior editor R. R. Reno examined, with the analytical skill of a biblical scholar (a good biblical scholar), the bias of the New York Times ’ latest coverage of Benedict and his role in the sex abuse scandal. The title How Do You Spell Tendentious? gives you the . . . . Continue Reading »
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