James Lileks has been live-blogging from the Minnesota State Fair all this week. It’s worth a read. But then James recounting a day in bed with gout would probably be worth a read. (He has tens of thousands of us starting each day by reading what he did the day before.) He’s also been producing short videos he’s […]
So much for the much-invoked “consensus” among scientists on man-made global warming. A new study shows that fewer than half of all published scientists are on board with the assertion that man-made causes are the primary driver of warming. Seems that it’s about like that overwhelming consensus that we need more Paris Hilton-related news.
Dean Barnett over at Hugh Hewitt’s blog seems to think so. I don’t. Now I’m a Dean Barnett fan. I find him entertaining, erudite, and thoughtful. He’s one of a handful of guys I make sure I read everyday, no matter how busy I am. But in the blog post I linked to above, he’s […]
Regarding my previous post about C.A.I.R. …. I just came across a great quote by G.K. Chesterton that pretty much sums up the reasons Christians should be taking a dim view of Islamic demands for “tolerance.” “It is rather ridiculous to ask a man just about to be boiled in a pot and eaten, at […]
For some time now, prescient cultural observers have been warning that militant Islam will take our nation’s obsessiveness about multi-culturalism and “tolerance” and use it as a club for beating Christians. It’s already well underway in the UK and Europe where people tend to be even more terrified than liberal American elites of being labeled “insensitive” to other cultures. A priest […]
Drudge is teasing a story about a scientist claiming there is strong evidence for microbial life on Mars. If true, it will surely spark some debate about the theological implications in both the scientific and spiritual communities. But should it? I’ve been fascinated since childhood with space exploration and always enjoy those Discovery Channel programs about the […]
Did you know that the “Kristallnacht” night of terror in Nazi Germany was triggered, in large part, because Hitler’s socialist government was broke and about to default on some big debt payments? I didn’t either. This is just one of a multitude of fascinating insights you’ll find in a new book by Gotzy Aly titled, “Hitler’s […]
I didn’t have a chance to listen to any talk radio today. Therefore I have no opinions on anything and don’t know what to think or be up in arms about. I failed to download my programming from Rush, Sean and Medved and here I sit—a blank slate. I must be more diligent to tune […]
 Were you looking for me thirty years ago this week? No? Well it’s a good thing. Because if you had been, you probably wouldn’t have thought to look for a kid from Wilburton, Oklahoma in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico. After graduating from high school in May (Senior ’77!) I spent […]
Yesterday, middle daughter “G” turned 16 and got her driver’s license. Tomorrow morning we load up two vehicles and move oldest daughter “C” into a dorm at Baylor University (an event I waxed maudlin and treacly about in this post a couple of weeks ago). That’s a lot of change to process in a 48-hour […]
