The hysteria gets deeper and more, well, hysterical. Now, we are told, even if there is a deal at Copenhagen, we’re all still doomed! Aaaaaugh! From the story:A leaked UN document emerged that shows the current proposals for a deal at Copenhagen will ‘put at risk the . . . . Continue Reading »
The medical marijuana movement is being increasingly corrupted to the point that pot is being made generally available, with people using it to get high scurrilously coopting the real health needs of sick people as the pretext for gaining access to their drug. Now, marijuana-laced food is to . . . . Continue Reading »
Our obsession with preventing all suffering could result one day in being involuntarily drugged with a psychotropic. According to the New York Times Magazine, scientists are seriously proposing that lithium one day be put in the water supply. From the story:In The British Journal of . . . . Continue Reading »
David won’t point it out over here, so I’m going to do it for him. For those who don’t know, he has been struggling with cancer for over a year. Over at his first blog, he has posted his most recent health update:I liken myself to an old car in winter that’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Yellow journalism helped push the USA into war back in the 1890s. Now, a new yellow journalism has developed using all the tricks of the trade to panic the world into granting tremendous power to an unelected and unaccountable global warming scientocracy, that will “save the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mary Eberstadt’s December-issue article ” How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool ” is recognized today as New York Times idea of the day . Sign up now to receive the fresh ideas of FT directly in your mailbox each month, or treat your loved ones to a gift subscription . Also, please . . . . Continue Reading »
For a glimpse into the secret life of a First Things writer click over to this recently posted interview with R.R. Reno . . . . . Continue Reading »
The multi-campus church hits the front page of USA Today.HT: Michael . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the seventh part in a twelve part devotional commentary on “O Holy Night.” See the introduction here.The King of Kings Lay thus in lowly manger;In all our trials Born to be our friend.The King of Kings is a lofty title. I used to think of it merely as God ruling over all the . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s probably not a good idea generally to buy a book out of spite, but in some ways that is precisely what I did when I picked up Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue . We had had a meeting at work, and several of my co-workers were amusing themselves with some anti-Palin jibes. So at . . . . Continue Reading »
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