David Barton received a quick mention in yesterday’s “First Links,” as he’s rapidly become a celebrity in evangelical circles for purportedly offering a reinterpretation of America’s Founding Fathers and their views of religion in public life. Those concerned to . . . . Continue Reading »
Political thuggery: The Obamacarians are threatening that Medicare will collapse in chaos if Obamacare is declared unconstitutional. From the AP story:Medicare’s payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack . . . . Continue Reading »
Methodists Reject Israel Boycott by Crushing Margin Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest Chen Guangcheng & China’s War on Girls Jing Zhang, National Review National Day of Prayer: Is It Worth the Fuss? Kristan Doerfler, Houston Chronicle It’s Been Said Peter . . . . Continue Reading »
The two worst things that can happen to a mercenary are dying and not getting paid, possibly not in that order. Think of it this way: Plenty of mercenaries have a death-wish; not one has ever had a not-getting-paid-wish. In 1978, “Mad Mike” Hoare was the most famous mercenary in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Bioethicist Art Caplan advocates taxing cats to help fund healthcare because they can make you sick, adding to the societal burden of care. From, “A Modest Proposal: To Solve Healthcare Funding Crisis, Tax Cats” at the MSNBC:Once a cat is in a home it is nearly impossible to . . . . Continue Reading »
By now, almost everyone has heard or read that Vanderbilt University adopted an “all comers” policy for its student groups that has the effect of forcing some religious groups to choose between the benefits that attend recognition (access to university facilities and funding) and . . . . Continue Reading »
You don’t have to look too hard to find someone writing about the future of American higher education. Everyone recognizes that “change” is in the air, but many don’t have much “hope.” For another site, I wrote about a couple of proposals, which (taken . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent article in the British press suggests the trend of empty seminaries and convents may be leveling off there, too, as it is in this country . Though the Times site is behind a paywall, there’s a partial summary of the piece on the Bridges and Tangents blog: Until recently, nuns in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Medical Intelligentsia is bound and determined to devolve medicine into a technocracy. A professional practices medicine, providing optimal care to each patient as individuals. A technocrat is a service provider who provides consumers with medical care according to check . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew J. Franck reviews the recent Jefferson Lecture by Wendell Berry : Can one have an off day in giving the Jefferson Lecture (an off week or month in writing it)? I’d like to think so. For judging by the text of the lecture Berry gave in Washington at the beginning of this week, his . . . . Continue Reading »
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