Our friend and author John Haldane has been elected the chairman of the Royal Institute of Philosophy . As the Witherspoon Institute reports: The Royal Institute was founded in 1925 by leading public philosophers of the day: Samuel Alexander, Alfred Balfour, L. T. Hobhouse, Harold Laski, and . . . . Continue Reading »
I have read Judge Henry E. Hudson’s 42-page ruling invalidating the individual purchase mandate of Obamacare. In a nutshell, Judge Hudson ruled: That the individual purchase mandate (“Minimum Essential Coverage Provision”) is an unprecedented stretch of government power, in his . . . . Continue Reading »
As promised, I have read Judge Henry E. Hudson’s 42-page ruling invalidating the individual purchase mandate of Obamacare. In a nutshell, Judge Hudson ruled: That the individual purchase mandate (“Minimum Essential Coverage Provision”) is an unprecedented stretch of government . . . . Continue Reading »
The following report may or may not have been carried in the Canadian press:OTTAWA — The federal government has decided not to contest an Ontario court ruling that henceforth people unable to use their legs and confined to wheelchairs must be legally considered able to walk. The decision is a . . . . Continue Reading »
As I predicted, a judge in Virginia has declared the individual purchase mandate unconstitutional. From the story:A federal judge in Virginia has declared the Obama administration’s health care reform law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson is the first judge to rule . . . . Continue Reading »
A federal judge in Kentucky has denied the University of Kentucky’s motion for summary judgment, paving the way for a jury trial on the merits of astronomer C. Martin Gaskell’s claim that the University engaged in religious discrimination when it did not offer him the postion of . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year you gave your favorite ROFTER a gift subscription to First Things . But what can you give them this year? How about a book by a contributor to First Things . Over the next few days I’ll be highlighting works by our editors, bloggers, frequent writers, and editorial board . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Advent Search , today’s “On the Square” article, I try to address the kind of “search” for God that never seems to get anywhere, and doesn’t seem intended to get anywhere, and reflect on the meaning of Advent for those who truly seek the truth. . . . . Continue Reading »
Would you rather live in medieval England or modern day Afghanistan? Before you answer, you might want to consider that you’d likely have a better standard of living under Henry VIII than of Hamid Karzai: New research led by economists at the University of Warwick reveals that medieval . . . . Continue Reading »
So the encyclopedia people are running an expert symposium on President Obama. Naturally, they’re opening with my fair-and-balanced view . . . . . Continue Reading »
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