Well, that leaves 140 countries where religions (I prefer to use the plural, because there’s no such thing as ‘religion,’ only religions) are doing fine. What’s going to be interesting about the nine is that when ‘religion’ goes extinct, a […]
Month: March 2011
Today’s Educational Paradigm
I might take some of what is said with a grain of salt, but this cartoon video explains issues about education – the number one interest of conservative philanthropists – with a clarity I have never seen before.
An Amazing Millay Sonnet
This sonnet by Edna St Vincent Millay has, for some reason, been sitting on my desk for a year or so, and I just found it. Keep in mind that it was written in 1939, thirty years before men actually […]
Obama’s Oxymoron: Government Innovation
A former Oxy student’s oxymoron. Sorry, I couldn’t resist that. (For the uninformed reader: Oxy is the common abbreviation for Occidental College, which both our current President and I attended at different times.) Related: “Obama’s Oxymoron: Government Innovation” by Debra […]
Somebody Must Like Irvine
Jerry Sullivan in Irvine, By Design points out that Irvine is not that different from what the hipster gentrifiers of places like Echo Park would do if they had full control! I need to correct an error. Don Bren does […]
Does Justice Equal Entitlement: A Book Review
Marvin Olasky, one of the most saintly people I know, has also done a review of Timothy Keller”s new book, Generous Justice. I’m sure it is superior to mine. Nevertheless, I think I have something to say.Timothy Keller, the […]
Moms
Abby Wisse Schachter, in a recent Weekly Standard, unfortunately not available to non-subscribers, finds fault with both the Tiger Mom and her chief opponent on the ground that one cares about achievement, the other about following your bliss, but neither seems […]
What I Fear
The poll shows that, while Americans do not greatly love labor unions overall, they seem to want to defend the collective bargaining rights of the public sector. What is frightening about this is that the public is very cynical nowadays […]
Dishwasher Detergent
The interesting thing about the impulse to give us dishwasher detergent that doesn’t actually clean dishes is that it comes from the Spokane area, an area traditionally regarded as conservative. They did not like the idea of phosphorus in their […]
For and Against the Negative Income Tax
Two different perspectives on the negative income tax, a less bureaucratic substitute for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Guy Sorman is for, Jim Manzi is against. I’m not sure where I stand. (Don’t you welcome a little ambiguity for a […]