The Times of London reports:The Jewish Free School has lost the hard-fought case on the criteria for admissions to this sought-after school. The next step might be to challenge equality legislation itself, as the admissions criteria, found to be racially discriminating, was based on the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I just finished writing an essay defending the Bush/Kass “dignified moral conflict” approach to bioethics from the coming Obama “expert consensus” approach. Here’s an excerpt: Scientific experts are surely right that if our moods are merely random collections of . . . . Continue Reading »
Arnold Schwarzenegger, my failure as a governor, has gone to Copenhagen to save the world. From the story:California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told delegates that the “planetary transformation” needed to tackle climate change could not be the work of national governments alone. He . . . . Continue Reading »
Kyle draws my attention to these lines from Robin Hanson, who calls “our era the most consistently and consequentially deluded and unadaptive of any era ever:” When they remember us, our distant descendants will be shake their heads at the demographic transition, where we each took far . . . . Continue Reading »
Always illuminating, Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. is a philosopher/priest who like Justin the Martyr might find wisdom in Eric Voegelin’s comment that “ . . . Christianity is not an alternative to philosophy, it is philosophy itself in its state of perfection; the history of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Oral Roberts, gone to his reward at age 91. What are we to make of him? A strange career, certainly, but, then, the times were strange. . . . . Continue Reading »
My son, John, has expressed an interest in becoming a pastor and the other day, after he heard me preach, he asked, “Dad, do you get nervous and scared when you have to preach?” It was an interesting question. I thought for a moment and said, “No, John, honestly, I don’t get . . . . Continue Reading »
In my recent predictions for 2010, I prognosticated that Obamacare will pass without the public option. Today, Senator Lieberman said he will vote for the bill because the PO is out. That could be the magic 60th vote, although abortion remains a potential impediment. But what about . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, oh. It turns out that glaciers melted faster in the 1940s than now—because the sun was stronger. And when the sun got weaker, they advanced. What a concept! From an Investor’s Business Daily editorial:Scientists at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology have . . . . Continue Reading »
After President Obama delivered his Nobel Peace Prize speech last week, Politico noted it was “drawing praise from some unlikely quarters – conservative Republicans – who likened Obama’s defense of “just wars” to the worldview of his predecessor, Republican George W. . . . . Continue Reading »
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