Liberals think that a good way to help the poor is to just raise the minimum wage. Conservatives counter that this would have the perverse incentive of causing employers to hire fewer workers, thus increasing joblessness and poverty. Who is right? According to Charles Lane,
I’ve read two articles on Germany’s hard line against bailing out Greece that blame in part the German language. Says Michael Birnbaum, “This tough stance comes from a rules-oriented nation where even the language is conspiring against Greece’s struggles: Germans use the same word for
As we blogged about last year, the highest court of the European Union ruled that Google must implement “the right to be forgotten,” requiring the search engine to strike out embarrassing about individuals upon their request. There is now a movement to bring that right
Another sexual minority is coming out of the closet: bisexuals–those with attractions both to the opposite sex and to their own–a group often condemned by gay activists, who deny there is such a thing. And yet bisexuals reportedly constitute 40% of the LGBT community. After
Justice Kennedy, in his opinion establishing gay marriage, did affirm the right of religious people to disagree with same sex unions. But the dissenting justices warned that this ruling could cause conflicts with religious liberty. The Constitution protects not just religious beliefs privately held, they
I’ve been hearing from gay marriage defenders that same-sex marriages are not an unprecedented cultural innovation but that they can be found in other cultures. Even the Romans had them. Well, it’s true that emperors Nero and Elagabalus had wedding ceremonies with their same-sex lovers,
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange was shut down for four hours because of a systems crash. A little earlier, computers went down at United Airlines, grounding flights nationwide. Also, the Wall Street Journal website went down. Tech people say the day of disruptions in
E. J. Dionne writes about how the black church shows facets of Christianity that are often overlooked. (more…)
Gay marriage won’t affect anyone else but the same-sex couples who now can get married, we are told. It certainly won’t have an impact on anyone’s civil liberties. Well, it has in Canada. So says Dawn Stefanowicz, writing for the Witherspoon Institute. (more…)
Democrats in Congress voted against the wishes of their own President in in opposing the free trade bill, which has advanced thanks only to Republicans. Meanwhile, the socialist Bernie Sanders has all but caught up with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire and Iowa, attracting some
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