So, for decorating Sally’s house, I’ve found a curtain panel:and hanging lights:and a kapok pillow for the couch:Kapok. Kapok. Isn’t that a great word?I think, though, that I’ve reached a limit on how much crossing even a house like Sally’s can stand. Still, I’ll . . . . Continue Reading »
You want a good example of how laws passed in a panicked rush are always bad laws? Read this article from the Washington Post from March, via the Volokh Conspiracy : Legislation passed by Congress last August in response to fears of lead-tainted toys imported from China went into effect last month. . . . . Continue Reading »
It shouldn’t be hard to assure people that the end of life “counseling” in House Bill 3200 health care system destruction, er reform, bill will always remain voluntary. The word isn’t hard to spell, and indeed, can be easily placed in the legislation at the appropriate . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian Russell Moore had a discussion with with musician and author Andrew Peterson about the importance of cultivating the moral imagination of children: From Peterson, on how children see the world: “When I walk through the woods with my kids, it’s not just a walk through . . . . Continue Reading »
The primary point of Obamacare is centralized control of health care, toward the end that costs be restricted. That means restrictions on services. And that means increased suffering for devalued populations, particularly the elderly and people with serious disabilities.The UK has again . . . . Continue Reading »
So we have the Great Ape Project, passed in Spain, that says humans and gorillas are part of a “community of equals,” and that none can be “tortured,” e.g., used in medical experiments. In this country, we have legislati0n pending that would outlaw all medical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Christian Science Monitor notes that Southern Baptists are among the denominations “’planting’ new churches in the rocky soil of secular New England”: In eight years, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has more than doubled its Vermont church count, from 17 to 37. Among . . . . Continue Reading »
A highwayside memorial. An American thing? Or just a southern? . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve alluded elsewhere to the fascinating way in which Obama parlayed his mixed African American (as opposed to African-American) heritage so as to occupy a space in American cultural and political life just ever-so-different from that occupied by black Americans generally and other black . . . . Continue Reading »
So, she said, I went to all the trouble to join the Knights of Malta, and all I got were these lousy earrings:Actually, they’re kind of likable.[Rating: 65 out of . . . . Continue Reading »
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