A few years ago, Secondhand Smokette and I were in Europe. We interacted with people who, it would be fair to say, are part of the intelligentsia and political ruling classes. They hated President Bush, which did not surprise us. But the cause of their loathing did: It wasn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
I for one am thrilled to hear that John Piper has asked for, and been granted, an eight month leave from each of his ministries.But I don’t quite know why I’m so excited by his decision. After all, eight months is a relatively short amount of time, and I don’t know Piper at . . . . Continue Reading »
Today our church entertained a special speaker, Sarah Flashing, who provided us with an interesting perspective on euthanasia and eugenics. One of her central points was to draw the relationship between the two by exampling how they are inter-related.When eugenics is promoted it is at the . . . . Continue Reading »
This puzzles me: If a main point of Obamacare is to control costs—the real point is raw power, but never mind—then taxing medical devices that are so integral to the delivery of health care makes no sense. Yet, Obamacare imposes an excise tax on medical device . . . . Continue Reading »
In an anything-but-apologetic apologia, Mary Eberstadt challenges the many spokesmen (and they are almost all men) for the New Atheism in her satire, The Loser Letters. Reminiscent of Ted Turner’s infamous comment that Christianity is a religion for losers, the Loser in this book is . . . . Continue Reading »
Raymond de Souza demolishes the awful New York Times story attacking Pope Benedict: The story is false. It is unsupported by its own documentation. Indeed, it gives every indication of being part of a coordinated campaign against Pope Benedict, rather than responsible journalism. Read the whole . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s see: Nancy Pelosi has an 11% approval rating, and Harry Reid a whopping 9%. It’s not a coincidence that they are the prime architects of Obamacare. But the president isn’t faring so well, either. He got a small bump in all the media cheer leading, but his approval . . . . Continue Reading »
For those of you who live within driving distance of South Bend, Indiana (or are willing to fly to the promised land), the 5th Annual Notre Dame Right to Life Conference will be held during Easter Week, April 9th and April 10th, with Francis Cardinal George serving as the keynote speaker. Other . . . . Continue Reading »
Kathleen Parker ably exposes the mendacity and between-the-lines legislating that opens the door to public funding of abortion in Obamacare. From her Washington Post column:Of course the bill doesn’t explicitly state that it appropriates abortion funding. [Me: That will be done in the . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Thanks to Ivan the K, John Murley and the other people at RIT for a great time. The large audience was very attentive, and the questions were both smart and respectful. One student did try to explain our anxious experience of existing for a moment between two abysses—which I brought up as . . . . Continue Reading »
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