Four hundred years ago, the bard saw it coming and saw where it would lead. This is Ulysses’ speech from “Troilus and Cressida” on the order in the universe and what will happen if we embrace disorder instead : The heavens themselves, the planets, and
Strange Herring, is going on hiatus. That’s one of my favorite blogs! The pillar of my old age! This is the second time an Anthony Sacramone blog has gone on hiatus. I’m still mourning the absence of Luther at the Movies. He says that blogging
From US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive : The government l[is] ooking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the
The world’s leading economic powers, the G-8 nations, are trying to reverse the stimulus measures they took earlier, since the economy seems to be recovering even though most of the financial stimuli have not gone into effect yet. The United States, however, wants the stimuli
A new study examines Megachurchgoers; that is, those who attend congregations of 2,000 or more people: Compared to attendees of a typical Protestant church, people who attend megachurches are more likely to be young, single, more educated and wealthier, a new survey reveals. The majority
More language games to make a policy sound more palatable. From Hugh Hewitt: The Obama/Pelosi/Reid push to take over and nationalize health insurance via the so-called “government option” has received a face-lift this week, with many advocates of the takeover now calling it the “public
Another solution being proposed to counter the alleged global warming–in addition to reducing the carbon in the atmosphere–is “geoengineering.” Here is what Samuel Thernstrom of the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute is proposing: The most promising ideas take their proof of concept from
The American Psychiatric Association is considering labeling bitterness as a mental illness: Having floated “Apathy Disorder” as a trial balloon, to see if it might garner enough support for inclusion in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the world’s
A symposium on “Making Conservatism Credible Again” stressed the necessity of social conservatives and libertarians co-operating again, as they did in the Reagan era. Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan said this: A “libertarian” who wants limited government should embrace the means to his freedom: thriving mediating
James Von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist who murdered a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., is being described as another right-wing Christian terrorist. But, as someone who read this guy’s writings reports, he was neither a Christian nor a conservative. Mollie Hemingway
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