Bruce Feiler points out that Moses is depicted all over the place in our nation’s capital–at the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives, the Library of Congress, the National Archives–virtually every president has invoked him, and his story has been drawn upon in America at
Democrats in the House of Representatives are reviving the public option–that is, a government-run insurance company–and calling it by the tried, true, and popular brand name Medicare. Others would go further, expanding the current Medicare to cover uninsured people, or even everyone.
Some people, including scholars, are dismissing research that shows that universities or newsrooms or people in other professions are biased in favor of leftwing ideology. But Mark Bauerlein of the Chronicle of Higher Education, no less, points out that the research that shows liberal bias
Patrick J. Reilly reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that Catholic institutions must pay for birth control in their health insurance plans, even though it violates their religion. Otherwise, they are guilty of discrimination: Last week, thanks to the Equal Employment Opportunity
The Vatican is seeking to recruit disaffected Anglicans, to the point of allowing their priests to stay married if they come over to Rome: The Vatican announced a stunning decision Tuesday to make it easier for Anglicans to convert, reaching out to those who are
Now credit card companies are going to charge you a fee for paying off your balance every month and if you don’t use your card enough: Starting next year, Bank of America will charge a small number of customers an annual fee, ranging from $29
Economist Robin Hanson uncovers some original sin when it comes to fantasies about robots. It seems human beings really do like the idea of dominating and exploiting. But we knew that: On Tuesday I asked my law & econ undergrads what sort of future robots
The University of Virginia is a pretty good school, with strong academics. But its educational standards are interfering with its football ambitions. UVA had one of the top recruiting classes a few years ago, but a number of the recruits couldn’t get admitted to the
An anthropologist has documented a remarkable physical decline in modern man: Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters
What do you think about the Ohio teenager who became a Christian and later fled to Florida because she thinks her Muslim parents will kill her? The case is tied up in the courts as the parents are trying to get her back. They deny
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