Jim Lindgren, a law professor at Northwestern, explains how the concept of separation of church and state became part of the law of the First Amendment : 6. The phrase “Separation of Church and State,” as Philip Hamburger establishes in his classic book on the subject, is not in the . . . . Continue Reading »
For many people, writes R. R. Reno in The Bohemian Mystique , the English painter Lucian Freud’s youthful adventures with criminals and other maladjusted misfits give his artistic vision a special authenticity. His experiences “on the margins” create a “transgressive . . . . Continue Reading »
Our subject for this post is hypocrisy, that is, the hypocrisy of one of the most famous hand wringers about global warming. We’ve seen Al Gore with his many houses and private jets. Tom Friedman, with his mansion. And now, director James Cameron joins the kids at the . . . . Continue Reading »
One recent addition to the same-sex marriage debate is the claim that by advancing arguments that civil marriage ought not to become gender-neutral, conservatives have “blood on their hands,” having committed the polemical equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theater, especially given . . . . Continue Reading »
In my book The End of Secularism, I have a chapter which is a case study demonstrating that the high-minded adherence to secularism is easily discarded by leftists whenever they find religion convenient to their agenda. Were I to rewrite the book today, I would include the ad being run . . . . Continue Reading »
The famous French “new wave” filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard will receive an Oscar, despite his anti-semitism , at the same time being Jewish is falling out of fashion . A Jewish monks describes being a dedicated Jewish contemplative . The federal government wants to extend its power over . . . . Continue Reading »
The crisis in the humanities has “officially” arrived, Stanley Fish asserts in his October 11th piece for The New York Times . Why now? Because on October 1st, SUNY Albany decided to cut the French, Italian, classics, Russian and theatre programs from the university curriculum. The . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times declares that President Obama has said that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy “will end on my watch.” But the Department of Justice, following its tradition of defending laws passed by Congress, has fought efforts by the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay . . . . Continue Reading »
Only Nixon could go to China. And only when a Democrat is in the Oval Office can we admit that culture can be a cause of poverty : For more than 40 years, social scientists investigating the causes of poverty have tended to treat cultural explanations like Lord Voldemort: That Which Must Not Be . . . . Continue Reading »
So, I’m listening to the Dennis Miller Show on my computer, as I do every morning. I like Miller. He’s not angry. Doesn’t yell. Has a human touch. Is quick. Can be very funny. And punctures.Someone asked him, “How are we going to pay for . . . . Continue Reading »
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