The subtitle of my upcoming book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy (taken from PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk’s most famous quote), is The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement. That cost is both real and harmful, as evidenced by a story of important research on anthrax not being . . . . Continue Reading »
On his blog at the New York Times , Ross Douthat responds to David Goldman’s criticism: In a peculiar outburst, David Goldman of First Things (a.k.a. the pseudonymous blogger Spengler) accuses me of hoping that “Islam will save us from secularism,” and of “flirting . . . . Continue Reading »
Jordan Ballor has an intriguing post on “the relationship between the church’s approach to charity and the creation of the welfare state” as discussed in Lester DeKoster and Gerard Berghoef 1980 book, The Deacons Handbook: A Manual of Stewardship : DeKoster and Berghoef argue in . . . . Continue Reading »
I have long believed that the hysteria over global warming is an elitist-driven madness, but madness with a purpose. The end goal is rule by a scientocracy and drone bureaucracy that will gather power onto themselves, control the developed economies and lifestyles of individuals, as it stifles . . . . Continue Reading »
Rarely do Joe Carter and MAKE Magazine point me towards the same online curiosity . The intersection of topology and breakfast must have considerable ecumenical appeal. I’m going to turn Hart’s challenge around, however: now that you know how to create two interlocking bagel-halves by . . . . Continue Reading »
In a discussion with a pair of reporters, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews raises an important question about the ubiquitous practice of politicians taking credit for work that they didn’t write themselves: Does it bother the press that somebody comes in whose book was written for them . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
At Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson has the first of a five part interview with historian and literary critic René Girard. “To read René Girard,” wrote Edward T. Oakes , “is to want to slap one’s forehead and say, ‘Of course, why didn’t I think of . . . . Continue Reading »
The mathematical field of topology—the study of qualitative properties of certain objects that are invariant under certain kind of transformations—has fascinated me ever since I heard the joke that topologists can’t tell the coffee cup from which they are drinking from the doughnut . . . . Continue Reading »
Nobody knew her name, but then she burst into history after a long life. Elizabeth was a failure by the standards of her culture, but God loved her. Just when most friends thought her time had past, Elizabeth found herself at the beginning of Christmas.There is hope in her life for any of us.God . . . . Continue Reading »
I have had great sympathy with the problem Obamacare has posed for people with disabilities. On one hand, many are terribly under-served by the health care system. On the other hand, I believe Obamacare will lead to explicit rationing of expensive patients, which will one day include people with . . . . Continue Reading »
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