Introducing Dr. Boli

by David Mills

This is not, I realize, to everyone’s taste, but for those of you for whom it is, I’d like to introduce  Dr. Boli’s Celebrated Magazine . Here are some samples from recent issues: . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Fishing for Fallacies in the News Stream

by Kevin Staley-Joyce

Hunting for logical fallacies in the daily news is like fishing in a well-stocked pond—it’s easy and glibly rewarding. When criticizing a politician’s record, the fallacy of Tu Quoque is particularly useful; the New Atheists seem to find the Straw Man fallacy quite efficient when . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (On the Square)

by David Mills

While not wanting to direct attention away from today’s “On the Square” article, Father Edward Oakes’ Atheism’s Just So Scenarios , let me note that the conversation over Friday’s twin bill, Elizabeth Scalia’s Dwelling in the Possibility of a . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

A Sermon on Truth

by Hunter Baker

On my way out of Houston, my pastor asked me to preach a sermon about truth. I took the opportunity to return to first things and to try to help people have their own faith rather than just belonging to the Christian tribe.You can hear it here. It begins with the pastor talking about my wife and . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

All A-Gaga

by Mary Ellen Kelly

A rambling and rather strange interview with the raunchy pop-star Lady Gaga appeared this weekend on England’s Times Online. Columnist Caitlin Moran sets the scene for her session with Gaga (“arguably the most famous woman in the world”) by describing the decor of the star’s . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Is Anybody “Passionate” About Wesley J. Smith?

by Wesley J. Smith

My alert system just turned up a new Facebook site dedicated to those who are supposedly “passionate” about me, a place where they can share their views.  I find that puzzling..  Other than Secondhand Smokette, I can’t imagine anyone being passionate about me.  . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

It’s Now Official: UK Prosecutor Legalizes Assisted Suicide by Loved Ones

by Wesley J. Smith

Shameful.  The UK prosecutors have placed disabled, dying, and chronically ill suicidal people at tremendous risk by refusing to prosecute a clear case of assisted suicide.  From the story:A loving husband who helped his seriously ill wife commit suicide will not face legal action it was . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Why Sharia Is Incompatible With Western Law

by David P. Goldman

To what extent is sharia compatible with Western law? Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Britain’s Supreme Court president Lord Phillips created a stir in 2008 by proposing that British courts might permit the application of Muslim religious law. Numerous American scholars . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Syria’s Bashar Assad Says It’s Obama vs. the American State

by David P. Goldman

The one thing that Syria’s president Basher Assad likes about the United States is President Obama himself. “I want to distinguish between the person of Obama and America in its capacity as a state. The president has good intentions . . . but then there is Congress, the lobby, which . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2010 0

Fornication in Hotels, Then and Now

by David Mills

Responding to a friend who noted that hotels now advertising themselves as “gay-friendly” would never advertise themselves as “heterosexual-friendly” and rarely as “child-friendly,” a second friend responded: What if hotels who say “family friendly” . . . . Continue Reading »

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