An intriguing new Gallup survey reveals that the religious identification for most states tends to match the immigration patterns of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The distribution of Catholics across the states, for example, is heavily skewed toward the New England and Mid-Atlantic . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times Online today has a guest column by one Raja Karthikeya arguing in full seriousness that war between Iran and Pakistan is possible. He writes,Far from the headlines of the mainstream media, the border between Iran and Pakistan is heating up to epic proportions. In recent months, . . . . Continue Reading »
David Goldman has a very interesting take on the meaning of Obama’s lowering approval rating over at Spengler : The fact that Obama’s approval rating fell slightly below the 50% mark in one of the polls looked to some Republicans like a green shoot of political recovery. I do not . . . . Continue Reading »
A note apropos of the important comments down here by Professors Deneen and McAllister . It’s true, as Prof. McAllister says, that “The tendency of theorists to declare is then made stronger in a blog format, as is the tendency to divide people into camps” — true too of the . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been repeatedly asked when my podcast for the Discovery Institute, What It Means To Be Human, will return. Soon, my pretties. Very soon.The problem had to do with the time pressure of other work and personal matters. Then, my laptop crashed and burned. My new system has Vista and . . . . Continue Reading »
I continue to scratch my head over the response of Obamacare supporters to the concern about Medicare “end of life” counseling sessions. Liberal Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman, for example, scorns the worry as a . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s an article by ME on Solzhentisyn, technolog y, purpose, and our future. A taste: People are more concerned than ever with doing what’s required to stay alive, even as they do everything they can to divert themselves from real thoughts about love and death. They’re . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel Hannan, a British politician and Member of the European Parliament, writes: I gave the same message everywhere. Americans should cleave to their Jeffersonian heritage. Normally I would shoot mental shockwaves of negative energy towards any man who uttered such blasphemy . But I read on . . . . Continue Reading »
If you want to learn more about Van Halen and their M&M contract rider , This American Life recently dedicated a substantial segment of an episode called “Fine Print” to the story. . . . . Continue Reading »
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