Interview: “Of Second Things—And First Things”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoRequired listening: First Things ’ editor Joseph Bottum discusses the future of the magazine with features editor R.R. Reno. . . . . Continue Reading »
“It Did Cost Me My Crown.”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoHuh. I guess the interview matters more than I thought: Miss California says candor cost her the crown in Sunday’s Miss USA competition. Carrie Prejean, 21, probably knew she was in trouble when she acknowledged her opposition to same-sex marriages in response to a question from openly gay . . . . Continue Reading »
“A Grave and Regrettable Step in The Wrong Direction”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoLast week, the National Institutes of Health announced its draft funding rules for embryonic stem cell research. Yuval Levin explains : On their face, the new NIH rules are essentially the Clinton administration guidelines, which were published in 2000 though never actually put into effect. They . . . . Continue Reading »
The Limits of Economic Man
by James PoulosAn admittedly weird vision struck me yesterday. But it’s lingered through to this morning, so consider : The US recession has opened up the biggest gap between male and female unemployment rates since records began in 1948, as men bear the brunt of the economy’s contraction. [ . . . ] . . . . Continue Reading »
Let Embryos be Embryos
by Wesley J. SmithConsidering the continual revisionist biology about what constitutes a human embryo we have heard in the halls of Congress and from among some members of the science intelligentsia, I thought it worth revisiting an old Nature editorial that decries the sophistic attempt within bioethics and the . . . . Continue Reading »
Too Much Sex Causes Global Warming! "Take Cold Showers," Scientist Advises
by Wesley J. SmithA famous global warming scientist issued an alarming study today finding that too much sex is a major cause of global warming. “All that heavy breathing releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,” Dr, Raymond Sunburn, the head of the Aspen/Davos Collective’s think tank, . . . . Continue Reading »
Bankers’ Conspiracy Theories Make to the Mainstream
by David P. GoldmanAs a young man I wandered for a while in the fever-swamps of paranoid politics, where conspiracy theories flourished like fungus. The current issue of The Atlantic almost (but not quite) made me nostalgic for the bad old days, for prominently featured is a lurid tale of a . . . . Continue Reading »
A Human Embryo is to the Baby He or She Becomes, That a Caterpillar is to the Butterfly It Becomes
by Wesley J. SmithIt is an intentional tactic on the part of some who push for the instrumental use of nascent human life to make the sophistical argument that human embryos are not really organisms until they implant in a uterus. Ironically, these advocates make this bogus claim in the name of boosting science. But . . . . Continue Reading »
From Cannes to Super-Cannes
by James PoulosCoincidentally, our launch date here was the 150th anniversary of Tocqueville’s death. He passed on April 16, 1859, in Cannes. 150 years and 3 days later, J.G. Ballard, author of creepazoid milennial dystopia Super-Cannes (2000) , died. The first line from Super-Cannes reads as follows: The . . . . Continue Reading »
Re: Beauty and Ms. Boyle
by Ryan Sayre PatricoI must admit that I, like Michael , enjoyed seeing Susan Boyle win over the audience and the judges last week. I’m a sucker for this kind of thing, and I just think she has a wonderful voice. But it’s when a story receives such universal and unrestrained praise that another side of me . . . . Continue Reading »
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