Monthly Archives: October 2012

Or Maybe The Line Crumbles

Writing in The Washington Post, Jonathan Turley notes the West’s retreat from freedom of expression. The whole article is well worth reading, but here’s a key extract: [Blasphemy law is] the oldest threat to free speech, but it has experienced … Continue reading

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The Line Still Holds (Just)

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph reports: A key proposal by Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party to outlaw blasphemy in the new constitution, stoking fears of creeping Islamisation, is to be dropped from the final text. The agreement to drop … Continue reading

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The diversity of conservatism

The American Conservative has an interesting piece up on the redoubtable John Randolph, Who Was John Randolph?. This part spoke to me: The danger of Buckley’s effort to construct a tradition is that it slowly became a template. Anyone who … Continue reading

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Economists don’t live in a world of facts

The Secret to U.S. Growth in the 21st Century: More Asians: Furthermore, I believe that the cultural benefits of Asian immigration will be just as big as the economic and political benefits. Adding diversity to our melting pot will speed … Continue reading

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Lies, All Lies, I Tell Ya

It’s no news that Georgian congressman Paul Broun is a strange bird (he’s the clown who wanted to ban Playboy from the PX), well, here he is again (TPM reports): Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) tore into scientists as tools of … Continue reading

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Must Try Harder

Over at Patheos, Kathy Schiffer is running a series on the “Best 100 Catholic Speakers” and here she is with seminary professor Dr. Janet Smith, author of Contraception: Why Not? Choice quote from Dr. Smith: I think contraception is an … Continue reading

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