There has been some discussion here on First Thoughs on the use of the term anti-abortion instead of pro-life in the mainstream media to refer to the view that abortion is murder. Terms are important. However, while Ryan Sayre Patrico and Nicholas Frankovich disagree as to whether we should fight . . . . Continue Reading »
Between the election of Barack Obama and the afternoon of June 10, the yield doubled to 4% from 2% for 10-year Treasury notes, the benchmark for long-term yields in the U.S. economy. Part of the sharp rise in yield was a snapback from levels that reflected fear of a deflationary breakdown of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Investor’s Business Daily has a powerful editorial deconstruction of health care rationing, using the dysfunctional Oregon Medicaid system as its archetype. From the editorial:Advocates of a nationalized single-payer arrangement, typically found on the political left, don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
At first glance, today’s “On the Square” feature by Carson Holloway ( Same-Sex Marriage and the Death of Tradition ) seems to rehash well-trodden ground in the debate over same-sex marriage. But a closer inspection reveals that Holloway is addressing not only the danger to . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m glad that my disability article has been so well - received , but reader after reader has pointed to one unanswered question — actually, two unanswered questions that mean the same thing. (Don’t worry — these questions make sense even if you haven’t read the . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s New York Times food section there’s a recipe for the good life. I know that’s a tacky opening sentence, but I couldn’t resist. John T. Edge reports from Hemingway, South Carolina on a family that makes old fashioned BBQ. As in: Ten butterflied pig . . . . Continue Reading »
See this interesting post at The American Catholic: ” Supreme Court Justices and Religion ”. To ask some questions is to answer them, and via Commonweal , I see that UCLA history professor emeritus Joyce Appleby has penned a lovely exercise in . . . . Continue Reading »
The current national health care plans being written in the Congress would require every one of us to purchase private health insurance. From the USA Today editorial supporting the idea:In a nation where 46 million people are uninsured, it is one of the most direct routes toward universal, or near . . . . Continue Reading »
At the American Scene , Conor Friedersdorf wants to know . . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Denver Post : Nancy R. Howell, professor of theology at Saint Paul School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary in Kansas City, Mo., said theological reflection on human and animal natures had been stunted by inattention to recent developments in animal-behavior science. “Deeper . . . . Continue Reading »
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