A few weeks ago I posted at my own blog ( Secondhand Smoke ) about a surprising Pew Poll that reported a dramatic shift toward the pro life position on abortion in the last year. Now the respected Gallup Poll, as Nathaniel mentioned earlier today , has reported similar findings and discovered that . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Wall Street Journal , a story on a British scandal that threatens to “undermine the public’s remaining faith in the probity . . . of Parliament itself”: A week or so ago, the Telegraph newspaper got its hands on some of the juiciest secrets in Britain—the dubious . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Gallup , 51 percent of Americans are calling themselves pro-life compared to 42 percent who identify as pro-choice— the first time Gallup has found a pro-life majority since it started asking the question in 1995. Why the change? Their hypothesis is a rallying among Republicans . . . . Continue Reading »
I once supported a single payer health care plan for the USA and considered Canada to be the ideal model. I changed my mind after I went on a speaking gig to Ontario and the local newspaper headline screamed that 900,000 Ontarians could not find a primary care physician due to doctors refusing new . . . . Continue Reading »
In her open letter declining the Laetare Medal, Prof. Mary Ann Glendon worried that Notre Dame’s decision to honor a strongly pro-abortion public figure would create a “trickle-down” effect by which other Catholic schools would become less hesitant to do the same, thus obscuring the . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times Online, the home of my “Spengler” essays since 1989, is a virtual expat bar, a venue where riffraff mingle with respectable folk and a good time is had by all (usually). Its small and hard-pressed editorial team are old friends, and I’m happy to give them the odd article . . . . Continue Reading »
Mr. Ceaser (below) rightly took me to task for appearing to diss MAXWELL HOUSE. There’s nothing trivial about the effort that was required to bring a decent cup of coffee into the home every American. And if you go to a church supper here in the South, the first taste reveals with crystal . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been asked in repeated communications to post a few more photos from my recent short R and R to Pescadero. It only takes one, if that! So, here is an encore:These were some of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen:A pumping station in the wetlands that has seen better days:This mini . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama spoke at Notre Dame today, an invitation that created divisions within the Catholic Church that are beyond our scope or concern here. But in reading about the president’s speech, I was reminded of how adept Obama is in saying one thing while doing just the opposite; such as . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette and I needed to get away and relax: So, we escaped to a coast town south of San Francisco called Pescadero for a night of Bed and Breakfast. I have a new camera, so I thought I’d see what it could do. Here are a few of the pics with which I am most pleased. I hope you are . . . . Continue Reading »
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