The Brave New World crowd and the media continually pretend that the only objections to scientific projects such as human cloning are religiously based. The latest example is in a profile of the new head of the NIH, Francis Collins, an evangelical Christian, in the New York Times. From . . . . Continue Reading »
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on why she no longer attends the “Red Mass” —a Roman Catholic service for members of the legal profession in Washington: Before every session, there’s a Red Mass. And the justices get invitations from the cardinal to attend that. And . . . . Continue Reading »
On Saturday Bruce Ackerman, a notoriously liberal Yale Law School Professor, took to the editorial pages of the Washington Post to criticize General McChrystal. In ” A General’s Public Pressure ” he writes: In a speech in London on Thursday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly . . . . Continue Reading »
The drive to “stop” global warming—relabeled climate change—does not depend on facts on the ground. Yes, the earth has warmed in the last one hundred years and there is evidence that some or all of it may be due to human activities. But it is by no means a sure . . . . Continue Reading »
Gold is at a new record, on rumors that the Gulf states will dump the dollar as a pricing unit for oil. I don’t believe that will happen, yet. But if the Keynesian idiocy persists in Washington, it will happen simply because the dollar will be unsustainable.I wrote about gold’s use as a . . . . Continue Reading »
In honor of his newly released film , I thought I should write something about the illustrious filmmaker Michael Moore. Too many people have already lauded the merits of his documentary, though, so I’ve decided to take a different approach. Instead of adding one more rave review to the pile . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Zummo on the Christian left’s “theocratic” leanings : Aside from the promoters of the Prosperity Gospel, few conservative Christians actually try to advance the idea that their particular economic theories have been especially endorsed by the Lord. Of course we’ll argue . . . . Continue Reading »
Tour this selection of religiously-themed Halloween candy at Belief.net. And I’d be curious to find out: 1. Do you celebrate Halloween at all? Why or why not? 2. If you don’t, do you just ignore it, or do you do something alternative instead? In the interest of transparency, we do do . . . . Continue Reading »
I never know what entry will attract the most attention, or why the number of readers ebbs and flows. Just before the switch to First Things, I had hit the 50,000 visits a month mark, from about 42,000 visitors. Then, numbers fell, as they usually do in the summer. They have begun . . . . Continue Reading »
As promised before , here is a link to Alasdair MacIntyre’s lecture at CUA on the topic “Ends and Endings”, and here is the video embedded in a frame. . . . . Continue Reading »
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