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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Blind Faith

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When biologists talk about the cell being a microscopic factory filled with tiny molecular machines they mean that quite literally as this b...

Voter ID

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The Pennsylvania voter ID law was upheld yesterday, pending appeals, of course. I can't help but wonder why those on the left have oppo...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

What Is Racism?

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Steve Browne at Taki Magazine shares some thoughts on racism. Specifically, he wonders exactly what it is: It has to be evident to all thin...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Giving Sight to the Blind

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Most of us know someone who's losing his or her sight because of macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, or some other degenerative ...

Ryan's Plan

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The liberal talk shows are in something of a frenzy trying to find some way to convince viewers that if Mitt Romney isn't a satanic incu...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Living Forever

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George Dvorsky has an interesting piece at io9 in which he discusses whether living forever would be all that desirable. He writes: Some fu...

The Ryan Pick

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Mitt Romney's vice-presidential pick, Rep. Paul Ryan, has garnered almost universal plaudits from the right and almost universal boos fr...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs

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French president Hollande has apparently chosen to follow the thinking of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises and raise the top tax rate in his c...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Ten Things

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Gavin McInnes is a libertarian who believes that there are some things liberals get right. He's correct about this, of course, although ...

Welfare State

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This chart, courtesy of The Blaze , will probably ruin your day. It provides a stark illustration of the explosion in dependency on the fede...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Even Some Libs Are Outraged

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How dishonest are the Obama super pacs' campaign ads? They're so bad that even the folks at CNN and MSNBC are disgusted by them. It...

Christian Terrorism

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An academic by the name of Mark Juergensmeyer foists this bit of flapdoodle upon readers at the blog Religion Dispatches : The killing spree...

Class and No Class

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American Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones finished fourth the other night. Jones is a 29 year-old Christian who has publicly acknowledged that she...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Speed Gene

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Former Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson created a bit of a kerfuffle a few weeks ago when he opined that "a ‘superior athletic gene’ i...

Curiosity's Motivation

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You may have been wondering as you watched the amazing story of how NASA scientists landed the exploratory vehicle Curiosity on the surface...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

How to Play Offense

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Wayne Allyn Root, former Libertarian Vice-Presidential candidate and graduate of Columbia University the same year as President Obama school...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Splitting the Tasks

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Debkafile has a reputation for being a little unreliable, but nevertheless this particular report makes sense. It's also interesting: A...

God and Quantum Physics

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University of Delaware physicist Stephen Barr at Big Questions Online poses this thought-provoker: Does quantum physics make it easier to b...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

Stifling Business

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Often someone will observe that government regulations are stifling business, but it's sometimes unclear as to exactly how and why. Rep....
Friday, August 3, 2012

Simply Uninformed

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Perhaps the person who posted this picture on the internet, along with the superimposed commentary, is still an adolescent in which case he/...