Neither Beast nor God: The Dignity of the Human Person, by Gilbert Meilaender. Some of the most contentious social issues of our time, many of which regularly invade our politics, have as their centerpiece the notion of and appeals to human dignity. What does this dignity mean? Well, it means different things to different […]
Archives for 2010
Vindication in Iraq
In September 2002, I wrote this: ” Saddam Hussein must go. Now. Not after re-instituting United Nations arms inspections (a red herring); not after we prove to an international court of world opinion that he is harboring weapons of mass destruction; not after we or one of our allies has been attacked again; and not […]
This is Getting Very Old
I am getting very tired of reading and listening to accusations of my intolerance, bigotry, racism, sexism, and nativism in my objections to the construction of the Ground Zero mosque, support of the Arizona illegal immigration law, and support for the California anti-same sex marriage law, among other cultural issues on which I share the […]
Another Chapter of Eco-alarmism
Maybe the jury is still out in some quarters, but can there be any doubt that the BP Gulf blowout and oil spill was an over-hyped “environmental catastrophe”? It has been reliably reported that the death of birds was less than 1% of the number in the Exxon-Valdez spill and that the fertilizer runoff into […]
The Texas School Rating Issue
I have been asked by quite a few people lately about recent media reports on the Texas public school ratings and, in particular, the controversy over the “Texas Projection Measure” and its role in the recent significant improvement in the ratings. To explain this issue as concisely as possible, I can’t improve on the article […]
A New Legacy, If We Can Handle It
David Brooks recently outlined his view of competing visions of economic growth and vitality. He named them the Moon Shot Approach and the Unleash America Approach, the former being of the “industrial policy” persuasion, with government induced and directed enabling of economic development through infrastructure, tax credits, and subsidies, and the latter being more a […]
Are We Serious?
Sometimes the moral ambiguity boggles the mind. It is difficult to believe the relatively casual reception on the part of the public of the recent WikiLeaks attack on the national security of the U. S. This was tantamount to an act of war, folks, and the only people I have noted who are willing to […]
Kagan on the Court
To the surprise of no one, Elena Kagan was easily confirmed by the Senate to replace John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court and, despite her skimpy paper trail and absence of prior court experience, I suspect that she may be more of a catalyst than many expect. Beyond a reliable vote with the liberal […]
More Abdication
Speaking of abdication, is there a better example of it than the continuing abject failure of the federal government to enforce its immigration laws? And the very idea of the President of Mexico standing before a joint session of the U. S. Congress castigating one of our states for attempting to protect its property and […]
Whither Marriage?
Now at least there is a pathway to a resolution to the same-sex marriage issue. With the district court decision overturning California’s Proposition 8 prohibiting such marriages, the stage is set for a process almost certainly leading to the Supreme Court. Again, as I have noted any number of times, the judiciary has decided to […]
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