As we move forward toward centralized bureaucratic health care control, it is worth noting the problems in countries that already have it. Ireland is apparently paying surgeons to do nothing, while surgeries are canceled because the department is over budged, and the lines grow ever . . . . Continue Reading »
A British court has ruled that the fundamental premise of Judaism—that Jews are physical descendants of Abraham—is inherently racist, and that the only determinant of religious membership can be belief. Warns Rabbi Lord Sacks, Britain’s chief rabbi:“An English court has . . . . Continue Reading »
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is one of the greatest films of all time, but it severely distorts the fairy tale on which it is based. The film Beauty and the Beast has perverted the original story’s folk wisdom and its connection to reality. When I first went to see Beauty and the Beast, . . . . Continue Reading »
The House of Representatives barely squeaked through Obamacare tonight by 220-215. And it took a strong anti-abortion amendment to get that job done. From the story:As drafted, the measure denied the use of federal subsidies to purchase abortion coverage in policies sold by private . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama should be careful about what he says about the reasons Congress should vote for the overstuffed turkey that is known generically as Obamacare. From the story:President Obama cast the House’s health care reform vote, expected to happen later today, in historic terms: . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so unconstitutional. A provision was added to the Senate Obamacare package, the effect of which would be to have the government in a public plan pay for Christian Science practitioners to provide prayer treatments to patients and/or prohibit private plans from refusing to treat such prayer . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so unconstitutional. A provision was added to the Senate Obamacare package, the effect of which would be to have the government in a public plan pay for Christian Science practitioners to provide prayer treatments to patients and/or prohibit private plans from refusing to treat such prayer . . . . Continue Reading »
While in graduate school many years ago I subscribed briefly to the journal of the Mercersburg Society, which claims to carry on the legacy of the 19th-century Mercersburg movement. This movement was named for the city in Pennsylvania where the German Reformed Church in the United States had its . . . . Continue Reading »
The House will probably be voting on Obamacare late tonight or tomorrow. I expect it to narrowly pass, which is a vivid illustration of how badly the Obamacare pushers have lost the political debate, given the massive Democratic majority and the fearsome power of Pelosi’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Whatever you think of health care reform, Christians should unite on keeping federal money from paying for abortion. This is a bi-partisan effort. A Torrey Honors alum who works in Washington in an email:Sorry to bother all of you on a crisp autumn morning and sorry for themass email, but I need to . . . . Continue Reading »
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