Yearly Archive: 2005

Paul Krugman and the Leftist Academy

Paul Krugman today tackled the question of liberal bias in the academy in his New York Times column. Stanley Kurtz noted over at NRO that Krugman’s acceptance of said bias as fact is, at...

Legally Right, Morally Wrong Discussion

Over at My Dogs are Smarter, Paul Hogue began a discussion about the Terri Schiavo case, asking “How does a Christian react to this?” See here for the first post. He invited me to...

A Protestant Tribute to the Pope

One of the most tragic fallacies of feminism is the cant that Christianity is a source of oppression of women. As my tribute to Pope John Paul, I offer his own words, which provide...

Leaving Las Vegas

It wasn’t just the horrible hotel (see below) — we were glad to be leaving Las Vegas altogether. I’d been to Vegas before; so had Jack. But as adults it’s easier to mentally edit...

Circus, Circus is Lousy, Lousy

Warning: the following post has no transcendent meaning and no flights of poetry whatsoever. Rather, I offer the following sad tale of woe for the benefit of any fellow travellers to Vegas who might...

Berger Baloney

Day By Day© by Chris Muir. Okay, I know the cartoon scrolls underneath my template — sorry, I can’t resist leaving it in: consider the first two panels a teaser, and click through to...

"Mom, that woman is naked!"

Las Vegas is a seductive place. As we drove into town down the Strip, the Penta-Posse was thrilled — billboard-size flat-screen televisions with life-like fireworks . . . (Women in g-strings – “Mom, that...

Alchemy of Achievement

Major John Wesley Powell lost an arm in the Civil War, yet he went on to lead the first expedition that traveled the full length of the portion of the Colorado River that cuts...

The Politics of "Demeaning"

How strangely appropriate that the political denouement of Terri Schiavo’s sad odyssey began drawing to a close this past weekend on Good Friday. As our nation went through the weekend simultaneously debating the value...