Good thing we don’t believe in omens. (Or do we?): The Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, was supposed to start today. It’s been postponed until Tuesday, for fear that Tropical Storm Isaac might turn into Hurricane Isaac, which may very well wreak havoc in
Local columnist John Kelly asked readers to tell about “common knowledge” that they somehow missed. Some examples: A reader named Andrea said she was raised in Upstate New York and didn’t visit Washington until she was 21. Growing up, she would hear about artifacts that
In today’s scientific livestock industry, cattle are often given antibiotics. Not as medicine but “to fatten them up.” Apparently the drugs kill beneficent bacteria in the animal’s digestive system that causes them to put on weight. Now the light has dawned in the minds of
George Will describes how a stimulus program that became part of Obamacare shelled out millions of dollars worth of grants to lobby lawmakers against soft drinks: Because nothing is as immortal as a temporary government program, Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW), a creature of
Lucas Cranach’s painting “Madonna under the Fir Tree” is one of his loveliest works. It hung in the Cathedral of St. John in what was then Breslau, Bohemia, which later became Wroclaw, Poland. During World War II, what with allied bombing and the predations of
So Todd Akin, a six-term Congressman running for the Senate in Missouri, defended his belief that abortion should not be allowed for rape. He told the TV interviewer that pregnancy from rape is very rare and went on to cite a bit of lore that
Our food supply is so cheap and abundant that we can afford to throw 40% of it away. Then again, it’s not so cheap and abundant everywhere and for everyone. Each year, about 40 percent of all food in the United States goes uneaten. It’s
The mathematical model that has predicted the last eight presidential elections–based on economic conditions–is predicting a Romney win. I don’t believe, however, that it factors in Todd Akin, Republicans skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee, or general contempt for us conservatives. We’ll see who is
Democrats are often citing a widening economic gap between the affluent and those barely scraping by. The controversial social scientist Charles Murray, who is more on the conservative side, says that’s just the half of it. There is a growing cultural gap between the affluent
We often give up on the vitality of Europe’s state churches, but the Church of England–unlike its affiliate Episcopalians in the U.S.–is standing up against the plans of the Conservative (!) government to legalize gay marriage. From Mark Tooley: The U.S. based Episcopal Church’s recognition
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In