Monthly Archives: August 2009

Politics & regionalism

Posted on August 23, 2009 by David Hume

The chart is pretty self-explanatory, but context & methods here. I have two related posts over at ScienceBlogs.

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Attitudes toward government spending on healthcare

Posted on August 22, 2009 by David Hume

The General Social Survey had a question of the form: Listed below are various areas of government spending. Please indicate whether you would like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say “much … Continue reading →

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Godspeak and Healthcare

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Andrew Stuttaford

Given the Godspeak into which Obama so often descends, we should not, I suppose, be surprised that he is now trying to bring the big fellow upstairs into the fight over healthcare. It’s no surprise, but it’s still annoying. Writing … Continue reading →

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Hermaphrodites: divine incompetence?

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

God laid down rules for the use of human genitals and proscribed strict penalties for their misuse, the Bible and believers tell us.  God also possesses total engineering mastery over what happens in a human uterus (see, inter alia, the … Continue reading →

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Rational rationing?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Much of the conservative critique of Obama’s rationing and alleged euthanasia intentions still seems to me to maintain a certain ambiguity about whether the critics think that Obama is planning to force the entire medical system—private and public—into rationing mode … Continue reading →

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Magical thinking watch: Bank discrimination

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Twenty years ago, there were few bank branches and few residents with bank accounts on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  Poverty advocates and government officials predictably concluded that those nasty banks were discriminating against the poor and mandated that … Continue reading →

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Jason Richwine on immigration

Posted on August 17, 2009 by David Hume

Some readers have wondered about the specific policy positions which contributors to this website might hold. In regards to immigration, I am in broad sympathy with Jason Richwine’s recent article in The American. Quality, not quantity. I understand the logic … Continue reading →

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He said it

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Overheard on Christian talk station KBRT 740 am today: I’ve never come across a ministry where [the leaders] don’t all fly first class.  And why are all these guys driving gold-plated Rolls Royces? Radio evangelist Bob Christopher on his fellow ministers.  … Continue reading →

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Icons

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

My post on Mary’s visit to New York has drawn rebuke (here and here), and for good reason: its tone was clearly self-indulgent and insensitive.  I apologize and thank Joe Carter and Tom Piatak for their civility  in responding.  But however … Continue reading →

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Women at war

Posted on August 16, 2009 by David Hume

The New York Times has a piece up, G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves, which details the shift over the past 8 year of women into combat roles. I’ve read and heard about this dynamic for years, … Continue reading →

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