We conservative pundits have been criticizing for uttering the word. Now “Newsweek” is admitting that we have moved to a European-style state-controlled economy. The title of the cover story says it all: We Are All Socialists Now.
We conservative pundits have been criticizing for uttering the word. Now “Newsweek” is admitting that we have moved to a European-style state-controlled economy. The title of the cover story says it all: We Are All Socialists Now.
Yesterday we had a post about an ethical movement to treat not just animals but now plants with “dignity” (with a strange indifference to treating human life with the same deference). Now I read about a movement to grant rights to machines. From Do Humanlike
Michael Cook at Salvo Magazine tells about the latest developments in the Swiss crusade for dignity: The Swiss must be counted among the most dignified people on the planet. Now their parliament has decreed that Swiss goldfish, too, must be treated with dignity. And not
The Houston Chronicle helps us get our minds around just how much money the bailout and stimulus sums are talking about: We could spend one million dollars every day since the day Jesus was born and we would still not have one trillion dollars. Do
Remember Melinda Doolittle, the “American Idol” contestant in 2007 who came in third? A lot of people who inhabit this blog were pulling for her. A former backup singer, she finally has her album. It’s entitled “Coming Back to You.”
As Australia reels from devastating brush fires–with the death toll going over 180–an Australian paper reports that Islamic terrorists are recognizing what an easy form of terrorism it would be to set fires. From Islam group urges forest fire jihad | theage.com.au: AUSTRALIA has been
Anthony Sacramone gives a good answer to those studies–like this one–that show that poor states and countries are more religious than the rich and secular ones, implying a correlation between secularism and success. He also deals with studies about how socially virtuous the arch-secularist countries
Raging brushfires in Australia have killed more than 108 people and wiped out whole towns. See this. The fires are in the state of Victoria around Melbourne. I’ve been there. Gippsland–home of the giant worms of Gippsland–and the Yarra Valley, beautiful wine country. Calling long-time
I don’t know how long it’s been since I actually knew, owned, and liked the recording that dominated the Grammy Awards. That would be “Raising Sand,” the unlikely collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Robert Plant is the 60-year-old veteran of the pioneering metal
Stephen Strasburg is the 19-year-old pitching prodigy from San Diego State who looks to be the number one draft choice. The Washington Nationals were so horrible last year that they ended up with the first pick, so the Washington Post published a story about him.
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