Naomi Wolf has been in the news a bit lately for alleging that America is a nearly fascist nation. I...
Today I stumbled upon an interesting character, Professor Pierre P. Grasse, who was an eminent zoologist who served as the...
Earlier (much, really) I responded to an atheist named Tommy's various critiques of Rodney Stark's new book Discovering God. Dr....
Via Jonah Goldberg, a comment from Theodore Dalrymple (an atheist whom I admire much): This sloppiness and lack of intellectual...
Even as a somewhat lackluster (purported) follower-of-Jesus, I'm a huge supporter of "the golden rule", which actually harkens back to...
The New York Times carries an article about badly-designed (so-called "smart") machines and the people who must battle them to...
Hey, I thought her main qualification was supposedly her "experience": In the abstract, Hillary is a captivating idea. The first...
Because some of us tell them to: As of last April, the late Edward Said's "Orientalism," originally published in 1978,...
Interesting: As reported in El Nacional, and confirmed to me by an intelligence source, the Venezuelan military high command virtually...
Madison, Wisconsin: The Freedom From Religious Foundation (FFRF) aims to stir up controversy at the Wisconsin State Capitol this holiday...
I have a friend who frequently reminds me not to attribute to bad motives that which can be explained by...
Given that my faithful old Toshiba Satellite now takes up to ten minutes to do certain things, and has finally...
From the New York Times, via Insty: Speaking at a joint news conference at the Élysée Palace, President Nicolas Sarkozy...
Warning: This essay is nothing but a huge spoiler. Leave now if you have any interest in seeing the movie,...
Several years ago, Japan formed a huge research center in Kobe to focus on "regenerative medicine technologies like embryonic stem...
Jerusalem Post: This week the Bush Administration legitimized Arab anti-Semitism. In an effort to please the Saudis and their Arab...
I hope this is not premature, but pardon me while I engage in a breach of etiquette: From the beginning,...