A third of the more than 2,100 bills considered by the House of Representatives during the past Congress involved congratulatory resolutions, a Post Office naming or other honors. Fortunately, such time-wasting silliness may soon be coming to an end : Reporting from Washington — The House this . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re often told that “you can’t legislate morality.” But Anthony Esolen notes “there is one group in America that has been, perhaps inadvertently, conceding the point, that good laws not only reward good behavior but encourage it, and help people to become good. Who . . . . Continue Reading »
Today on “On the Square,” I Was Ignorant, and You Taught Me , a list of some lessons I’ve learned from years of responding to letters from strangers who wrote with religious questions. For example, Never rebuke or confront even the most obnoxious inquirer, unless you know him well . . . . Continue Reading »
The Manhattan Declaration hit the news again this week, thanks to an iPhone/iPad application supporting it which for a short while was in Apple’s app store. Apple pulled it out in response to an uproar raised by homosexual rights activists. A Manhattan Declaration blogger responded to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Having owned both types of pets—and I use the term “owned” loosely—I have to say that dogs and cats are both very smart—but in different ways. Dogs are more sociable, they can be taught to do more things, they are also more integrated into the family. Cats, . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, this is ironic—a polite word. The SEIU serve as the shock troops for the Obama Administration and other of similar political persuasion. It was sure involved in stuffing Obamacare down the collective throat. But now, New York’s SEIU will no longer insure the children of . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The conference at BYU on OUR CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS provoked all sorts of thought, even in ME. Let me begin by thinking a bit about the Progressive view of the Constitution. 2. One view, as we’ve said, is that our original Constitution has been largely displaced by the PROGRESSIVE one. The . . . . Continue Reading »
This has to be one of my favourite Advent hymns, a versification of Isaiah 40:1-5 set to the Genevan tune for Psalm 42. Here is a wonderful choral version arranged by David Ashley . . . . Continue Reading »
This story stunned me: It is SOP for legislators to put a “severability clause” into legislation, so that if part of a law is found unconstitutional, the rest of it can remain in effect. But Obamacare has no such clause. This could have the most profound consequences.Lack of . . . . Continue Reading »
I was reading Planet Gore over at National Review’s website and an item by Chris Horner caught my attention. A global warming hysteric named George Dvorsky has decided we need to do away with national sovereignty and democracy in the name of fighting the coming meltdown. From . . . . Continue Reading »
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