It can’t just be a few “bad apples.” If that were the case, if it were simply the work of a handful of bad actors, those dishonest renegades would quickly have been called to account by their peers. They would have been exposed as frauds and been punished, expelled from the academy. That didn’t happen. Their peers have offered nothing but support. Uniformly and almost universally, those scientific peers have rallied behind the proponents of “climate-change” theory. And that can... Read more
damn right you’ll rise again … “Your Cheating Heart,” James Brown “Your Cheating Heart,” Patsy Cline “Your Dictionary,” XTC “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead,” Stars “Your Girlfriend’s Car,” Throw Me the Statue “Your Good Thing (Is About to End),” Mable John “Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me,” The Pippettes “Your Latest Trick,” Dire Straits “Your Little Hoodrat Friend,” The Hold Steady “Your Long Journey,” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Your Love Broke Through,” Phil Keaggy “Your Part of the Story,” Vigilantes... Read more
Ed Kilgore notes that a vicious resentment of the working poor is fast becoming the central organizing principle for America’s right wing: The transformation is widely observable across the conservative landscape, with Republican fiscal proposals in the states and in Washington going after a host of other key support systems for the working poor with a vengeance: state-level EITCs, job training programs, unemployment benefits, food stamps, Medicaid, you name it. It’s also no coincidence that, in the agitation against the... Read more
As we watch the successful end of the Libyan revolution unfold, it’s worth noting again the difference between democracy and elections. American foreign policy has sometimes confused the two, promoting elections as though that meant promoting democracy. Democracy requires much more than just voting to allow the majority to choose the government. Voting isn’t enough. Democracy depends as much on that which cannot be voted on as it does on that which can. Unless and until certain things are established... Read more
251. The Illuminati | Feb. 1, 2010 252. The Good King | Feb. 8, 2010; pp. 147-151 253. The end of the interview | Feb. 15, 2010; pp. 151-157 254. The flowers are in the trash | Feb. 22, 2010; pp. 157-162 255. God’s Will For Your Life | Mar. 1, 2010 256. Sign my yearbook? | Mar. 8, 2010; pp. 169-172 257. Dramatic invasion | Mar. 15, 2010; pp. 172-176 258. Morality and sex and all of that |... Read more
Men who offer laudatory speeches as presents to the rich may be rightly classed, in my opinion, not only as flatterers and servile, since in the hope of a large return they make a show of granting favors that are really no favors, but also as impious and insidious. They are impious because, while neglecting to praise and glorify the only perfect and good God, from whom are all things and through whom are all things and to whom are... Read more
People who suck up to the wealthy should be called what they are — brown-nosers and lap-dogs willing to say anything in hopes of getting a piece of that money. But they’re even worse than that. They’re also blasphemers and poisoners. They’re blasphemers because instead of praising God as the only true source of and only legitimate destiny for all that wealth, they pretend instead that it comes from and belongs to rich people — the very same rich, depraved... Read more
Let’s talk utility, efficiency and bang-for-the-buck. Let’s just be tough-minded and clear-headed and consider how to maximize our returns in times like these. Stocks? Maybe, but it’s a gamble. Likely to get worse before it gets better. Plus there’s the whole volatility aspect — up 300 one day, down 600 the next. Who needs the agita? So precious metals, maybe? Meh. Good idea about now if you’re looking to buy high and sell low. Real estate? That’s a chance to... Read more
At some point in your life this has probably happened to you. And it will likely happen again. Be prepared. You’re in a room with a piano. No one in the room plays the piano very well. A couple of people, however, know one song. It’s a catchy duet that’s fun to play, and they can’t resist playing it. That’s fine. Hoagy Carmichael was a genius and “Heart and Soul” is a lovely tune. Even a sloppy rendition can be... Read more
Tribulation Force, pp. 403-404 The Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem gets disrupted by “Moishe and Eli” — Tim LaHaye’s interpretation of the Two Witnesses from the book of Revelation. “Your blood sacrifices shall turn to water, and your water-drawing to blood!” Moses tells the Jewish faithful gathered there. Thousands of years later, Moses returns and still all he does is scold the people of Israel. You’d think he’d remember that losing his temper with... Read more
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