Pages

▼
Thursday, October 2, 2008

What If

›
In a fun parody, Victor Davis Hanson at NRO puts all of Joe Biden's howlers and other goofy utterances in the mouth of Sarah Palin and ...

Hurtling Toward the Cliff

›
I have on many previous occasions argued here at Viewpoint that an atheistic worldview leads to nihilism, or it would if the atheist were c...

Sowell on the Bailout

›
Thomas Sowell explains why the collapse of Freddie and Fannie is not a failure of free market economics but rather a predictable consequenc...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Dissing the Classics

›
Eleanor Bourg Donlon laments what she sees as a growing disinterest among the young for reading the classics, particularly Dickens and Shak...

Conflict of Interest

›
Suppose you were running for high office and were to debate your opponent in front of the entire nation. Would you think it fair that the mo...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Thoughts on a "Crisis"

›
Yesterday's events provoke a few desultory thoughts: How long will it be before the rest of the media starts informing viewers of the ...

Obama's Gestapo

›
A couple of weeks ago we mentioned Senator Obama's attempt to intimidate and squelch free speech by prosecuting those who produce ads t...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Diplomatic Genius

›
In the midst of trying to arrive at a bipartisan plan to save our economy Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi decided to go to the well of the...

Where the Blame Lies

›
Anyone following the news this past week will probably have heard Democrats and other liberals repeatedly blaming the Republicans for the cu...

Palin's Qualifications

›
There's lots of concern that Sarah Palin's inexperience and lack of intellectual polish disqualify her from being just a heartbeat a...

Above His Pay Grade

›
The science journal Nature worries that a creationist may inveigle her way into the White House and then all will be lost: The most worr...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Trivial Pursuit

›
Well, most of the commentary I consulted last night had John McCain winning his debate with Barack Obama. Given my political leanings I gues...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Genesis of a Crisis

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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?

›
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

›
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

›
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...