The head of Canada’s Liberal Party has decreed that all new candidates running for parliament in his party–or is it running for any office? that part isn’t clear to me–must be pro-abortion. The socialist New Democratic party has a similar policy. The Conservatives will allow
Thanks to Todd, who, in a comment critiquing the Freakonomics praise of the McDonald’s double cheeseburger as the world’s greatest food source, found an even better alternative. (more…)
The Pope called on the United Nations to mobilize governments to help the poor through the redistribution of wealth. This suggests a conundrum: Catholic conservatives are the most likely to believe in papal authority, and yet what happens when the papal authority teaches against conservative
Journalist Michael J. Totten visits Havana to see how things are going in still-Communist Cuba: In the United States, we have a minimum wage; Cuba has a maximum wage—$20 a month for almost every job in the country. (Professionals such as doctors and lawyers can
Another Obamacare fiasco: The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors, according to internal documents and three people familiar with
Globally, we are back to the early Church. A court in Sudan has sentenced a pregnant woman to death by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. Twenty-seven-year-old Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, who is already the mother of a 20-month-old son, was convicted of apostasy
Cats get little credit for expressing love to their owners, but maybe they are just introverted. In times of crisis, they can rise to the occasion. After the jump, a video of a cat rescuing a 4-year-old from a vicious dog. (more…)
We’ve blogged about the findings that the internet has diminished people’s ability to read long, complex texts. Now the leading practitioner of print journalism is giving in to the trend. The Associated Press wire service has ordered its reporters to keep their stories no longer
We blogged about the European Union’s Supreme Court equivalent ruling that Google must take down links to information about individuals if they request it. Well, the requests are pouring in. (more…)
The “low voltage atheist” George Will defends public prayer, and in doing so offers an interesting definition of Deism, one that might apply to many people who consider themselves Christians. He says that for the Deist, God is just an explanation, on the order of
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