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Angle’s Bad Angles

Sharon Angle, the Republican candidate for senator in Nevada running against Harry Reid, is now famous at least in liberal circles by attacking insurance mandates by saying “You’re paying for things you don’t even need.” Among them is maternity leave. As she says, . . . . Continue Reading »

Afternoon Links — 9.24.10

Thomas Spence, the head of Spence Publishing, explains How to Raise Boys Who Read . Many experts, he notes, recognize the problem but predictably offer the wrong answer, along the inevitable lines of “make it easier.” E. Christian Brugger, a senior fellow of the Culture of Life . . . . Continue Reading »

The Unspiritual View of Vatican II

In today’s second “On the Square” article, Show Us the Money , I offer a response to the progressive Catholic’s invocation of “history” and “change,” and a practical, can’t miss, money-back-guaranteed suggestion for responding to the invocation . . . . Continue Reading »

The Cost of Abortion

“Abortion is a moral and spiritual issue,’ notes Tom Glessner, President of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, but it’s ” also an economic issue. ” The economic crisis we now face is caused by numerous factors that all relate to flawed governmental . . . . Continue Reading »

Dangerous Extroverts

Extroverted Evangelicals can drive introverts away, observes a Presbyterian minister in Introverts in America . And worse: Even more dangerous is the tendency of evangelical churches to unintentionally exalt extroverted qualities as the “ideals” of faithfulness. Too often . . . . Continue Reading »

He’s Not Funny

“It’s as if he’s trying to spread his personal chronic sickness of Anhedonia,” is Mary Rose Somarriba’s judgment of Woody Allen’s latest movies. Writing in The Grim Reaper of Comedy , today’s “On the Square” article, she argues that his movies . . . . Continue Reading »

The 9 Best Magazine Covers (1920-2010)

Two weeks ago we listed the best magazine covers of the decade. This week I present the best (or at least a close contender) for each decade from 1920 to today: The New Yorker (1926) Ever since their launch in 1925, The New Yorker has set the standard for magazine cover art. Boys Life (1931) This . . . . Continue Reading »

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