Now that same-sex marriages are allowed in New York we can expect gay men to marry at the same rate as heterosexuals, right? No? What do you mean gay men don’t actually want to get married ? Men have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the altar - whether they’re straight or gay. . . . . Continue Reading »
I make a regular practice of linking other blogs that completely agree with me on big issues like beverages and regard me as a hero. I also invite their wise author(s) to join us here on postmodern conservative. Rumor has it that Jason Joseph of MUSINGS ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE will join us here . . . . Continue Reading »
John writes (quoting Kevin Williamson’s fine profile of Perry), “’If Jeb Bush’s name were Jeb Smith, he’d be the next president of the United States,’ says Texas governor Rick Perry, and then there’s a long pause in the conversation to let pass the unspoken . . . . Continue Reading »
Whilst in France, I posted about a devastating take down of GWH chief propagandist Al Gore by the noted political scientist Walter Russell Mead. He has now added two more parts to his critique. From “The Failure of Al Gore, Part Deux:”Gore’s failures are not just about . . . . Continue Reading »
Those interested in the relations of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, or in the problems and challenges of ecumenism in general, may find of interest Orthodox in Communion with Rome . . . Something to think about (the comments of DeVille and Tighe are useful as well). It begins with . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Peter Gott writes a widely syndicated newspaper column giving medical advice, competing for space with Dear Abby , crossword puzzles, and Doonesbury . In his column published in my local paper this morning (see it in a different paper here ) he takes up the matter of stem cells, and . . . . Continue Reading »
As usual, I find myself in complete agreement with Hadley Arkes : Even when we accept capital punishment, we have long backed away from staging executions as spectator sports. And even in this age of coarsening sensibility, we have continued to ban cock-fighting and comparable blood sports. . . . . Continue Reading »
A short street in southwest Brooklyn has given some militant atheists the opportunity to prove once again that being angry against God turns one against man, as well. Richards Street has been renamed “Seven in Heaven Way” in honor of the seven local firefighters killed on 9/11. . . . . Continue Reading »
An investigation reveals widespread cheating in Atlanta’s public school system . No, not just among the students, among the teachers and principals and administrators : At least 178 teachers and principals at nearly four dozen schools in Atlanta have been implicated in what is likely the . . . . Continue Reading »
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