Well, so it’s Friday. Grey skies, kids with the flu, still not entirely sure the Nobel thing isn’t some kind of Facebook hoax. Am I summing up your day here? Thought so. We need cheering up. And you know what they say: when things get tough, the tough sit down and go tappitty-tap and . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend notes the following gem in Gregory Mankiw’s blog:From the Associated Press (with some light editing):Pfuffnick’s Nobel Economics Prize triumph hailed by manyLONDON — The surprise choice of first-year grad student Quintus Pfuffnick for the Nobel Prize in Economics drew . . . . Continue Reading »
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama today for ending the tensions between Professor Henry Louis Gates and Office James Crowley during his Beer Summit. Only kidding, of course. That was an actual accomplishment and according to the Nobel citation, he won because of efforts . . . . . Continue Reading »
Now this is interesting. Activity in the brain surges at the point of death. From the story : A study of seven terminally ill patients found identical surges in brain activity moments before death, providing what may be physiological evidence of “out of body” experiences reported by . . . . Continue Reading »
This is interesting: Scientists have discovered that activity in the brain surges at the point of death. From the story:A study of seven terminally ill patients found identical surges in brain activity moments before death, providing what may be physiological evidence of “out of body” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama administration’s talking point on health with regard to abortion has been to insist that any legislation will be “abortion neutral.” So called progressive evangelicals such as Brian McLaren , David Gushee , Jim Wallis and the all the other “prophetic voices” . . . . Continue Reading »
No recent essay I have read captures the potential intrusion on natural human life by political borders better than Joshua Treviño’s recent piece for The New Ledger . It is not a policy proposal, or even a philosophical defense of any particular position on border enforcement. Instead, . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony Bradley argues that the decline of religion in America will lead to an expanded role of government into our lives : The American Religious Identification Survey, published by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., reports that we should expect one in five Americans to identify themselves as . . . . Continue Reading »
William Underwood, president of Mercer University and a former law professor, recently wrote a column for the Associated Baptist Press in response to criticisms about publishing a lecture from President Jimmy Carter on how his faith informs his view of current events. Underwood’s column . . . . Continue Reading »
A Democratic activist moved to Massachussets, where she expected to be covered by the state’s universal health care program. Oops, it didn’t work out: She can’t afford the premiums. In the process, she learned that Obamacare might not be the wise course that people of . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
