William Safire, the inimitable wordsmith and pundit, died yesterday at the age of seventy-nine . To younger generations, Safire is most well-known for the three decades’ worth of columns he wrote for the New York Times . But before he was a columnist, he was a speechwriter for the Nixon . . . . Continue Reading »
After my last post on Glenn Beck I told myself I wouldn’t bother mentioning him again on this blog. There isn’t much I could add to the criticisms—from the left, right, and center—that have been made against him in the last few weeks. His recent comments have shown that . . . . Continue Reading »
The biotech agenda has never been about stem cell research. That is only a stage. The ultimate agenda is Brave New World, e.g. genetic engineering, reproductive cloning, post humanism, and anything goes. This has been hidden for political reasons, but with the hated Bush’s stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »
I was very privileged to be able to attend a lecture by Alasdair MacIntyre at Catholic University here in DC over the weekend. The topic was “Ends and Endings”, and the speech was a delightfully rambling overview of the connections between teleology and literature, ethics and . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare supporters are in a conundrum: If they pretend they don’t want rationing, people know they are not being candid. But candor leads to increased resistance: We don’t want faceless bureaucrats telling patients and doctors . . . . Continue Reading »
The newest study from Rasmussen confirms that the president has lost the battle for American hearts and minds. The main reason: Most Americans are satisfied with the employer-based or Medicare program they now have, and they’re not seeing any change they can believe in. They think the reform . . . . Continue Reading »
Art historian Henry Adams contends that Pollock created Mural around his name , discernible as camouflaged letters and explains what it might mean: Pollock’s possibly writing his name in Mural testifies to an overlooked feature of his works: they have a structure, contrary to the popular . . . . Continue Reading »
The incivility and name-calling by the talking heads and others on the right has to stop. In a short six paragraph article of 442 words, they managed to call President Obama and his White House aides liars and cowards, and the American Civil Liberties Union others in the “civil liberties . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest issue of Wired Gregg Easterbrook has an brief article on why we should ” Embrace Human Cloning .” To call it an argument would be overly generous—Easterbrook is only given the space to compile a series of loose assertions. Still, such outrageous claims should not stand . . . . Continue Reading »
International Blasphemy Day September 30, Also Feast of Saint Jerome; Only Two Shopping Days LeftIt’s Official, Say Poll Results: R.E.M. Song Replaces Bible As Symbol of Religious IdentityArchaeologists Discover Oldest-Known Site of Widespread, Massively Culturally Influential Ancient Sea Cow . . . . Continue Reading »
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