I had half of my day blocked out for the kind of assignment at HBU I would normally avoid. Our student life director wanted me to help interview candidates for Mr. and Ms. HBU. When I was an undergraduate, I avoided student life activities and spent most of my time with Intervarsity Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ll be on the Kudlow Report at 7 p.m. talking about collateralized debt obligations (CDO’s). My crib sheet: There is very clear case for CDOs: the most obvious is that they are now an important vehicle for loans to medium-sized business at a time when the banks have reduced their loan . . . . Continue Reading »
The Evangelical magazine Christianity Today reports on the latest event to highlight the divisions in Evangelicalism. In Piper, Warren, and the Perils of Movement Building , Collin Hansen reports that John Piper, a leader of the overtly Reformed or Calvinist movement, invited Rick Warren, a leader . . . . Continue Reading »
Animal rights leader Gary Francione (abolition, veganism) and I debated on Michael Medved last week. An MP3 of that program is now available by hitting this link. The Medved Show decided to invite us back for Round 2, live on Monday, May 3, 1-2 Pacific Time. Although it seemed to . . . . Continue Reading »
Entering St Joseph’s in Yorkville for the first time, I found it a pleasure to look around—to view the exquisite stained-glass windows in the sanctuary and to peer upward at the less outstanding but still worthy ceiling murals of scenes from the lives of Jesus and Mary. Originally founded . . . . Continue Reading »
So it seems there’s new evidence that links the appearance of artwork—at least in its Paleolithic forms—with religious belief, rather than just the need to adorn the cave should company drop by and start making smart remarks. “This theory does not originate with the . . . . Continue Reading »
As I pound the drum against animal rights in my book and on the media—most recently today on Wisconsin Public Radio, Kathleen Dunn, an interview that I found to be interesting and thorough (available by following this link)—I have repeatedly distinguished between animal rights and animal . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe very strongly in free speech, but it seems to me it needs to actually communicate something. Hence, we don’t permit child porn and can punish it criminally. We can prevent and punish obscenity, although that seems a losing cause what with the Internet. But the US . . . . Continue Reading »
A reminder of a great evil, which began thirty-five years ago, in Lest We Forget: April 17, 1975 , by Var Hong Ashe. Just a few hours after the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh, our misery started. The Khmer Rouge ordered us to leave the city “for three hours only” and to carry nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning’s Hamilton Spectator carries the happy news that another form of oppression is about to be lifted across the pond: EU: Vacations are a right, not a luxury. I last travelled overseas in 2006. Because I have reason to believe I can claim European citizenship (through Cyprus and/or . . . . Continue Reading »
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