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Friday, September 26, 2008

Genesis of a Crisis

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Here's a quick course on how the financial crisis came about and why the Democrats in Congress dare not blame Republicans for it. Even s...

Irrational Belief

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From Hollywood to the academy, nonbelievers are convinced that a decline in traditional religious belief would lead to a smarter, more scien...

The Obama Test

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A friend passes along the Obama Test . It's a survey to see how closely one's views hew to those of Barack Obama. Some of the questi...

More on the Bailout

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Donald Luskin at NRO writes on the administration's $700 billion bailout of the financial markets that, "To arrive at a principled...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Brain Trust

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CNN brightens our day with this bit of buffoonery from a man who has made a career out of embarrassing himself . Speaking to a panel about ...

Is McCain Fit?

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My friend Jason calls our attention to an essay by George Will in which he lays hold of a troubling aspect of Senator McCain's characte...

Just Tell the Truth

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What is Senator Obama's position on social security? He goes to Florida and tells retirees there that had George Bush been successful in...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Sam Harris' Silly Column

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I've never been impressed with the arguments advanced by uber atheist Sam Harris (See Ten Myths about Atheism in the Hall of Fame on th...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Bailout

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Here we are after much disparaging of the government regarding the financial malfeasance that has occurred over the last 35 years. Given th...

Heretics and Scientists

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The Darwinian thought police have added another scalp to their belt. This time it was the Director of Education of the British Royal Society...

Tough Choices in Waziristan

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Bill Roggio talks about the cross-border attacks in Pakistan's northwestern province of Waziristan carried out over the last several we...

Bad Mommy

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Lest anyone be influenced by Sarah Palin's decision to have a retarded child Nicholas Provenzo feels it important to affirm that it is ...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Authoring a Crisis

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While Barack Obama assigns the blame for Wall Street's current woes to eight years of "George Bush's failed policies" Kevi...

The Duty to Die

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A U.K. Telegraph article begins with these jarring words: Elderly people suffering from dementia should consider ending their lives becau...

The Party of Liberalism

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An AP-Yahoo News poll found that one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks-many calling them "lazy," ...

Priestly Piffle

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Gerry Coyne is an astronomer and Catholic priest whose views about God and creation seem a little out of step with those of his church. He r...

Market Forces

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George Will gives us a primer on the nature of capitalism and markets all centered around the lowly wooden pencil. It's a good read and...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Pots and Kettles

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Woody Allen , the man who married his step-daughter, instructs the rest of us on the ontology of disgrace: "It would be a disgrace a...

Meanwhile, in Palestine

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Strategy Page gives us an update on what's happening in the West Bank and Gaza: Israel has refused to free 1,500 Palestinians from j...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Why the Sisters Hate Sarah

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Cathy Young examines the feminist teeth-grinding over Sarah Palin's ascendancy and marvels at how women who should be rejoicing at the ...