A chronicle of the failure of Solyndra–a “green energy” company that received half a billion dollars worth of government “investment”–demonstrates the larger point that government bureaucracies are just too ponderous to function as venture capitalists: The Obama administration’s vaunted initiative to catalyze the U.S. clean-energy
Thanks to Paul McCain, who posted a transcript of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks that he gave at the Augustinian cloister in Erfurt, which was where Luther served as a monk. You should read the whole speech, but here is a sample: As the Bishop of
The winner of the Republican straw poll in Florida was not Perry and not Romney, but Herman Cain. The African-American businessman took 37% of the vote, better than the two ostensible front-runners combined. One could say that the vote is meaningless. It is cast by
A Christian in Iran is being given that choice: recant your faith in Christ or be executed. He has refused to deny Christ three times. This is from Wesley Smith at First Things. Go there for several relevant links. An Iranian pastor may soon be
Continuing our series on the Law, in which we discussed the civil use (as curb; that is, external righteousness that makes possible the social order) and the theological use (as mirror; that is, to help us to see our sins so that we repent and
We all have heard that the divorce rate is higher in the so-called Bible Belt states than elsewhere. Also that the divorce rate in conservative “red” states is higher than in liberal “blue” states. But now Australian Mark Richardson has taken a closer look at
It looks like the Supremes will rule on whether or not Obamacare is constitutional: The Obama administration chose not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a pivotal health reform case Monday, signaling that it’s going to ask the Supreme Court to
Let’s do a series on God’s Law. . . .Last time we discussed the first use of the Law, the civil use. The second is the theological use, the confrontation with God’s demands that makes us realize our sinfulness and our desperate need for the
Robert Kaplan sees President Obama’s refusal to sell the latest F-16s to Taiwan as a sign of America’s decline and China’s rise: By 2020, the United States will not be able to defend Taiwan from a Chinese air attack, a 2009 Rand study found, even
Scientists have found neutrinos that seem to be traveling faster than the speed of light, which, according to the laws of physics since Einstein, is supposed to be impossible: Puzzling results from Cern, home of the LHC, have confounded physicists – because it appears subatomic
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