Has Noah’s Ark Been Found? , asks the blaring headline of the press release from the PR firm Hamilton Strategies that just showed up in my inbox. And the answer? Ah, the italicized subhead explains, “Dr. Alex McFarland, President of Southern Evangelical Seminary, Says It Doesn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide movement is ever about blurring vital distinctions and deconstructing crucial definitions. One target has been the proper pain control technique known as palliative sedation, a rarely required procedure in which patients near death are sedated to control pain or other symptoms . . . . Continue Reading »
The anniversary of the Pill is, as Gail Collins phrased it in her celebratory op-ed , a moveable feast. The FDA actually approved the Pill on June 23, 1960, but it announced its intentions to do so on May 9 and a Mothers Day celebration of the Pill was just too good for the media to resist. . . . . Continue Reading »
I suppose it’s one way to solve the problem: CNN reported a few minutes ago that the Mojave Cross , which had been the cause of a recent Supreme Court decision, has disappeared—stolen by vandals. There is a strangeness in the land: a hatred of religion that’s sharp, palpable, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I took a swipe at President Obama for his big-think about how “information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. ” I still think it’s not presidential to be a . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip Weiss makes an intriguing argument that Jews are replacing WASPs as the American Establishment—and explains why it won’t last: The Kagan appointment means that we have entered a period in which Jews are equal members, if not actually predominant members, of the American . . . . Continue Reading »
The US employment picture is not as rosy as official statistics claim, according to Union Bank of Switzerland economists. In a May 10 note to clients UBS economists wrote: As we suggested in yesterday’s Comments, Friday’s non-farm payroll numbers got swallowed up by the on-going worries . . . . Continue Reading »
As a member of the last generation of Cold Warriors, this sight warms my heart: American troops marching through Red Square . U.S. troops marched through Red Square for the first time in a Victory Day parade on Sunday as Russia celebrated the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. It was a . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Thanks to Ralph for stimulating all this discussion about our political liberalism and in general (with Sam’s help) for raising us all up. We can’t help but admire his nobility in taking on the man whom studies show and leading experts agree rescued “normative” political . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not a big fan of Thomas Sowell, but I think his most recent column is right on. It is about the purported “duty to die” that some are attempting to foist on society (rationing, futile care theory, etc.). He notes that the agenda isn’t embraced by the people on Main . . . . Continue Reading »
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