Upside Down, Down Under

by Joseph Bottum

Marriage up, divorce down in Australia —and the Aussie Mark Richardson hears the melancholy, long, withdrawing roar of feminism’s “third wave” retreating. . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2009 0

The Evolution of Burkeanism

by Joe Carter

President Obama may be a fan of Charles Darwin , but if he was truly an admirer of Edmund Burke this would have been his campaign slogan . . . (Via: Darwin 2009 ) . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2009 0

Drowning Hippasus: Reductionism and Religiously-Based Explanations

by Joe Carter

Note: This is the third and final post in a discussion on the role of religious beliefs in theory-making. The other two can be found here and here . In ancient Greece a religious controversy once broke out over the square root of two. The Pythagoreans, a Hellenic organization of thinkers who . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2009 0

A Divided House

by Joseph Bottum

A divorced couple’s irreconcilable differences make what seems a very bad occasion for legal decisions with serious First Amendment implications. But that’s what we have in the June 2009 New Hampshire family-court decision In re Kurowski & Voydatch . The libertarian law-professor and . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2009 0

Coinages, Anyone?

by Sally Thomas

So for example, if I am eating an Edy’s frozen lime fruit bar while reading Spe Salvi, then I am having a popcyclical. Your turn. . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0

UK Physicians Charge NHS With Death Panels

by Wesley J. Smith

An end-of-life protocol pushed by the UK’s National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) may have resulted in patients being sedated and dehydrated to death before their time, a major story reports today in the Daily Telegraph . This is akin to Sarah Palin’s death panel . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0

NHS Meltdown: Death Panels!

by Wesley J. Smith

Pallliative care experts in the UK are charging that terminally ill patients are being intentionally misdiagnosed as being close to death in order to enable doctors to stop treatment and instead dehydrate the patient to death. My contacts in the UK have been warning me about the “Liverpool . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0

Potential Biotech Paradigm Shift: Making Mature Eggs From Ovarian Stem Cells

by Wesley J. Smith

A mouse experiment may open the door that will change everything. Scientists have created mature eggs from ovarian stem cells, fertilized them, and brought forth baby  mice. If this can be applied to human  beings, it will open the door to mass human cloning experiments required to . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0

Hamas’ Holocaust Deniers

by Keith Pavlischek

More for your “you can’t make this stuff up” files, compliments of the Washington Post article, ” Hamas Objects to Possible Lessons on Holocaust in U.N.-Run Schools in Gaza “: The prospect of United Nations-run schools in the Gaza Strip teaching children about the . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0

More on Will and Afghanistan

by Keith Pavlischek

Joe Carter has already commented on George’s Will’s “lack of will ” on Afghanistan. On the whole Joe is right: Will’s proposal would amount to nothing less than defeat. But it would be unfair to suggest that Will is simply running up the white flag. As William Kristol . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2009 0