I have noticed lately that my posts are increasingly verbose. (Well, after all, I am a lawyer, and so short winded is not my strong suit. ) Other blogs that have longer posts often abridge them on the home page, with a link to the rest of the post for those who want to read the . . . . Continue Reading »
Appearing tomorrow “On the Square”: Joseph Bottum reflects on the expected execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner this coming Friday as “a strong example of why we don’t need to use the death penalty—and why, as a consequence, we need not to use the death penalty.” . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the primary agenda items in animal rights advocacy is obtaining for animals the right to sue in their own names. Known as “animal standing,” allowing animals to sue would empower activists to bring animal industries to their knees, as I describe more . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year I wrote of the sad case of Philip Wentworth, who lost his Christian faith at Harvard in the early years of the last century. While I suggested that his reasons for rejecting Christianity were pretty superficial, others walk away from faith for more weighty reasons. Among these are:1. . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the biggest—yet little known—agenda items of the animal rights movement is what is known as animal standing, that is, granting animals the right to bring lawsuits (discussed in detail in my book and in this article on NRO). (Of course, the real litigants would be animal . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s rare that I post on something I encounter that I have almost nothing to say about, but I was just catching up on Mark Heath’s blog, and this post struck me as brilliant. Mark notices all the slave language and son language in the New Testament for believers and wonders . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »
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