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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Babel

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I finally got around to viewing the highly acclaimed 2006 movie Babel the other night. It was hard to watch in many respects, but it's ...

Top Ten Stories On Design

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Access Research Network (ARN) lists the top ten news stories related to Darwinism and Design for 2007. The list provides a good overview of...

This Is Your Brain on PC

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This story from Wired gives the reader good insight into the corrosive effects of political correctness on the cognitive powers of the hum...
Friday, January 4, 2008

Change Agent

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A lot of people this morning are pointing out the irony of Sen. Clinton advertising herself as the agent of "change" while surroun...

Celebrating Diversity in Kenya

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Another African nation appears on the verge of going up in flames: Dozens of people seeking refuge in a church in Kenya were burned to d...

Another American Success

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This article contains significant information about a crucial development in the war in Iraq - stopping the flow of foreign terrorists into...

America's End

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Left-wing celebrity Naomi Wolf has written a book about America's slide into fascism titled The End of America . If Jacob Laksin's r...
Thursday, January 3, 2008

Top Ten Science Breakthroughs

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Wired lists the top ten scientific advances of 2007. Number one, of course, was the development of stem cells from skin cells, but number t...

Socrates and Fred!

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As we enter the first primary of the season, today's Iowa caucuses, I thought it appropriate to comment on a frequently heard criticism ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Liberal Scorn

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Here's Marty Peretz, publisher of The New Republic magazine, trying to show off his scientific sophistication by doing what liberals l...

Junkie Quiz

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Joe Carter has a quiz for all the political junkies out there who'd like to have their knowledge of the various candidates' (GOP) p...
Monday, December 31, 2007

Movies in 2007

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Greg Veltman of Comment magazine discusses his favorite films of 2007. I only saw four that are on his list, but I agree that each of them ...

Books in 2007

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The New York Times has published its list of the top ten books for 2007. I confess that I haven't read any of them. For what it...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Intellectual Progress

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Ramirez notes that we've come a long way in 235 years: RLC

Poverty in America

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Byron sends along this sobering essay by Bart Campolo about his work for justice among the poor. It reminds us in this season of good will ...

'Twas a Very Good Year

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Lawrence Kudlow writes that President Bush has had a very good year in 2007: The troop surge in Iraq is succeeding. America remains saf...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Nasty, Brutish and Short

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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto causes us to wonder anew why Islamic countries seem unable to advance beyond what passed for civilized b...

The Right Word

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There are a number of adjectives which come to mind to describe the kind of people who kill themselves in order to kill others - deranged, c...

Huckabee Hints at Pardon

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Mike Huckabee has a knack for co-opting issues guaranteed to endear him to social conservatives even though many fiscal and secular conserva...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Qualifications

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Ramirez gives us his take on Dr. Clinton's experience in governing: RLC