Global warming may or may not exist—I suspect not, at least not of the earth-flooding-bake-caused-by-us kind—but the gas emissions from its advocates among the hyper-elites show that the real game afoot is massive income redistribution in the name of science. Latest example . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the Catholicism—indeed, any religiosity—in the current generation of young adults rediscovered by the young rather than a gift from the old? I was thinking again this morning about Bob Miola’s beautiful essay (subscription required) about the entrance of first one and then a . . . . Continue Reading »
The last line of defense for some suicidal people is the dedicated mental health professional committed to helping their patient stay alive through profound darkness and pain. But a subversive movement within psychiatry, psychology, and social work holds that only “irrational” suicides . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s more harmful to the general public than the sex, violence, and general debauchery that pervades YouTube? Apparently, a twenty-year-old woman exposing Planned Parenthood’s bad habit of covering up statutory rape . . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Howard at City Journal points out that improving the quality of healthcare, while a noble and worthwhile goal, won’t save anyone any money, so we shouldn’t pretend that it will: President Obama has made many promises about his health-reform agenda, but none looms larger than: . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t normally frequent the anarcho-syndicalist enclaves of the blogosphere, but my curiosity was piqued by the ongoing saga of the “Tarnac 9” , whose penchant for absurdism combined with neo-Benedictinism is at least somewhat endearing. As it happens, the now-released . . . . Continue Reading »
Reuven Brenner will be on Relevant Radio’s “Morning Air” today at 8:30 a.m EST/ 7:30 a.m. CST to discuss his article ” The Rule of Law and the Wealth of Nations .” The audio will be archived on RelevantRadio.com under the archives for the second hour. . . . . Continue Reading »
I will be interviewed tomorrow on the nationally syndicated America’s Morning News radio show with Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin. I will be on at 5:30 AM Pacific Time, which is 8:30 AM in the East, 7:3o Central Time—well, you get the picture. Our topic: My piece in the Weekly Standard . . . . Continue Reading »
The L.A. Times’ Jacket Copy blog has compiled a list of sixty one essential postmodern reads . While they don’t define exactly what constitutes postmodern literature, they annotate the list with certain attributes: “the author is a character, fiction and reality are blurred, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Much is apparently being made of Regina Benjamin, President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General, being overweight. From the story:[T]he full-figured African-American nominee is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where 34 percent of all Americans aged 20 and over are obese. . . . . Continue Reading »
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