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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Hypocrisy, at the Very Least

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"Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner? This is one-and-a-half years after he l...

America's Dark Ages

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In an essay in First Things titled The Sixties Again and Again George Weigel points to six events or "moments" which occurred i...

Substance Dualism

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Dinesh D'Souza offers us a concise introduction to the mind/body controversy in this essay . He begins with this: Conventional wisdom...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Positive Depictions

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We often read of Hollywood's distaste for traditional religion and are irritated by the stereotypes they often present of people of fait...

Chauncy Obama

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Charles Krauthammer , Jack Kelly , and Michelle Malkin tell us clearly, if tacitly, why we should see Barack Obama as an empty suit. As the...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Memorial Day

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On this Memorial Day perhaps the best thing we can do to honor the men and women who have fought, died, and/or been grievously injured so th...

Feeling His Pain

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I know exactly how Dilbert feels: HT: Telic Thoughts RLC

The End of Faith II

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The other day we talked about David Brooks' assessment of the future of faith and left one part of his essay for separate consideration...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Closing in on a Cure

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Here's more marvelous medical news: Researchers have developed a vaccine which apparently prevents an Alzheimer's-like disease in mi...

The Loser Letters II

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Mary Eberstadt sends off another letter to her BRIGHT overlords offering them some sage advice as to how to deal with Christian DULLS. Her ...

The Scientist and the Turtle

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Scientist Sean Carroll responds to an article by physicist Paul Davies who wonders why the laws of nature take the form they do. Carroll wr...
Friday, May 23, 2008

The Conservative Candidate

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The American Conservative Union has issued its annual congressional rankings for 2007. Senator John McCain earned an 80%, Senator Obama sto...

More Cell-Phone Hazards

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Here's yet another report on the hazards of using cell phones, this time to unborn children: Women who use mobile phones when pregnan...

Advice for the Candidate

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The Reverends Al and Jesse give Senator Obama some advice: Doesn't this violate the separation of church and state, or something?...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Defense Spending

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In the following video clip Barack Obama essentially promises to emasculate the American military. All he needs to make his list of promises...

Prince Caspian

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There's a lot of commentary at NRO on the recently released Prince Caspian , a film based on the second installment of C.S. Lewis' ...

Our Prospering Intellectual Culture

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Perhaps we should start a list of public individuals who really need to see the movie Expelled . A worthy candidate for charter membership o...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sen. Kennedy and Life Eternal

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The news of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor led me along a rabbit trail of reflections to some thoughts on the matter of eternal life...

Off-Limits? Why?

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Barack Obama was indignant on Good Morning America the other day over Republican criticisms of his wife's recent remarks: "But...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Pay Up

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Think about this if you're starting a family - you're already, right now, half a million dollars in debt: The federal government...