Election Promises

by Stefan McDaniel

Has anyone checked the sea levels today? . . . . Continue Reading »

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RE: Hopeful

by Keith Pavlischek

I’m with you, Amanda . A yes vote on California’s Proposition 8 would ban gay marriage and would trump the court’s imposition of gay marriage on the people of California. The final tallies are not in, but it looks like the attempt to legalize gay marriage has been narrowly . . . . Continue Reading »

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Brave New Britain: Over Protecting Animals as the Intrinsic Worth of Being Human is Disdained

by Wesley J. Smith

The UK has apparently promulgated a hyper-detailed set of regulations governing the treatment of animals. Rather than properly guard against actual abuse, it also bans permitting dogs to beg at the table and cats kept from looking out windows. From the story: The guidelines cover the environment for . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

What Now?

by Stefan McDaniel

If you don’t know how you’ll cope with your existential boredom now that the election is over, don’t worry; Farhood Manjoo’s got you covered . My favorite suggestion: “If you missed ‘You Suck at Photoshop,’ the 20-episode Web series in which a disaffected . . . . Continue Reading »

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“Right” to Die in Washington

by Amanda Shaw

From the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide comes this frightening news : In 2008, assisted-suicide proponents targeted the state for a massive effort to make Washington only the second state to approve assisted suicide. With a voter initiative (I-1000) on the 2008 ballot, . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

Lest We Forget

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

The fall 2008 campaign of 40 Days for Life officially concluded this past Sunday, but not before several hundred lives were saved : “Even after praying and fasting for 40 days—and being involved in vigils that in many cities went round the clock, seven days a week—many of the people . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

Hopeful

by Amanda Shaw

. . . at least about this : As of early this morning, California’s Proposition 8 was passing with 52 percent of the vote (92 percent of precincts reporting). The proposition would amend the state’s constitution to say that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

And the Loser Is …

by Stefan McDaniel

This election season has only just come to its feverish crescendo, but some are already making big-picture analyses of the past year. Eric Gorski of the Associated Press advances the interesting thesis that the big loser in 2008 was religion : With a few exceptions, whatever seemed odd or fringe . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

“I Can’t Tell If He’s Kidding”

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Speaking of the latest in scientific research, Vanity Fair has a wonderful article on the seventh annual Texas Bigfoot Conference , which was held in last month in Jefferson, Texas: In a high school cafetorium, a small man in his mid-70s was lecturing to a rapt audience of several hundred people. . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2008 0

Dire Straits: Assisted Suicide Passes in Washington State

by Wesley J. Smith

The culture of death once again has the wind in its sails after being moribund, at least as to assisted suicide, since 1994. There are many reasons for the loss having to do with the overwhelming financial backing from all around the world in favor of assisted suicide, to a popular former governor . . . . Continue Reading »

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