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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

The New Reactionaries

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Progressives, like Senator Clinton, are calling for change in November. Progressives are by definition always calling for change. Yet every ...

Most Electable?

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Of all the candidates in the race for president which one seems at this stage to be the most electable? The question isn't asking which ...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Shameless Promises and Incoherent Predictions

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During the 2004 campaign vice-presidential candidate John Edwards claimed that if his running mate were elected president people like Christ...

Judge Jones and the Demarcation Problem

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This month marks the two year anniversary of the famous Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of education trial presided over by the distinguished phil...
Monday, December 24, 2007

A Christmas Story

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The following is a parable we've run previously, but its message is important enough that it's worth repeating: A man named Michae...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Most Important Thing

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This story has created a bit of a stir and even had Rush Limbaugh in a dither the other day, but it's hard to see what Dr. Williams say...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Hillary Claus

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Friday we talked about Huckabee's Christmas greeting. Hillary's effort below offers an interesting contrast. In her's there...