This movie has the cult following of Star Wars in 1978. It looks like people are going to see it multiple times. It is visually fascinating. But I’m less concerned about the technology and more concerned about the plot and theme. It has all the earmarks of ... a . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK’s NICE reliably illustrates the peril we will face of Obamacare’s form of centralized control is allowed to take hold. From the story:The Government’s drugs rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), has provisionally said that it does . . . . Continue Reading »
A manufacturer of optics for US military arms apparently feels a need to stamp references to Bible verses on them. And how is this a good idea?Here’s a snippet from the story, with a link to the full story following:Trijicon confirmed to ABCNews.com that it adds the biblical codes to the . . . . Continue Reading »
Martin Luther King was one of the three primary inspirations in my formative years (the other two being Ralph Nader and JKF). He was all about expanding inclusion in the human community, and alas, we now see many in bioethics and in other disciplines seeking actively to shrink it by rejecting human . . . . Continue Reading »
The tremendously talented cartoonist—and animal rights zealot— Dan Piraro, stumbled into truth in this cartoon. Meat provides good and nutritious food for people at a very reasonable price. That is a tremendous benefit for society that animal rights believers will never talk people out . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember this game you played as a kid: The first player whispers a sentence to the next player and each player successively whispers what that player believes they heard to the next. The last player announces the statement to the entire group, which invariably has changed in a quite amusing ways . . . . Continue Reading »
I am grateful that Professor (or is it Agent?) Smith took a little time to address some of the concerns I raised regarding his excellent book. He would have been justified to take the route of Stanhope from Charles Williams’ Descent into Hell, who, when asked about the meaning of his play, . . . . Continue Reading »
January 22nd is the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. In anticipation of the events marking this date, I thought I’d tell the two-part story of when babies became real to me, whether in utero or in bassinets.As a high school guy, my world rarely included babies. None of my friends had . . . . Continue Reading »
It has now been a full two days—by modern standards a generation—since Robert Cheeks released his review of The Book of Eli, which I suppose allows us to begin to engage in commentaries without ruining the film for others. Indeed, I almost never go to the movies, but on the strength of . . . . Continue Reading »
“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the . . . . Continue Reading »
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