Monthly Archives: October 2011

Romney as the new Dukakis

Posted on October 29, 2011 by David Hume

The analogy is pretty obvious. I brought it up in March, and George F. Will concludes a recently column with the idea: Republicans may have found their Michael Dukakis, a technocratic Massachusetts governor who takes his bearings from “data” (although … Continue reading →

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Hanging On In There

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Stephen Budiansky appears to be channeling the idiocy of Leon Kass (the “suffering is good for you” guru who chaired George W. Bush’s grotesque tax-payer funded “bio-ethics” boondoggle) in the latter part of this attack on Steve Jobs’s attempts to … Continue reading →

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Offended (2)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

I first came across the French Catholic fundamentalist group, “Institut Civitas’ in a story posted here a month or so ago. Here they are again: Paris police have arrested around 20 Christian fundamentalists who burst into a theatre and threw … Continue reading →

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The Pope Presumes (But Means Well, I Think)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

These comments by the Pope seem to be intended as a friendly gesture towards agnostics, and so that’s how they should be taken. Nevertheless, he presumes a little too much: In addition to the two phenomena of religion and anti-religion, … Continue reading →

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is pregnant!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by David Hume

Behind the times. I did not know. A question of loyalty: Reportedly pregnant (her husband is British historian Niall Ferguson), she says she will raise her children to be faithful to the United States above all. “If my child were … Continue reading →

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“Are Mormons Christians?”

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Andrew Sullivan looks at the issue of whether Mormons are Christians here. For my part, I don’t much care one way or the other, but I don’t think there can be a great deal of doubt about it. In the … Continue reading →

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“Offended”

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Telegraph: South Africa’s advertising watchdog has banned a television commercial depicting angels falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant after a complaint from a Christian.The advertisement for Axe deodorant (known as Lynx in … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Martyr Me, I’ll Kill Ya

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bradlaugh

At The Corner, our National Review group blog, David French offers a cute thought experiment:  What if present-day Christianity were as addled with terrorist impulses as present-day Islam? It isn’t, of course, but terrorism is not completely alien to Christianity.  … Continue reading →

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The West: the swords of Islam

Posted on October 23, 2011 by David Hume

Revolution Won, Top Libyan Official Vows a New and More Pious State: The leader of Libya’s transitional government declared to thousands of revelers in a crowded square here on Sunday that Libya’s revolution had ended, setting the country on the … Continue reading →

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Why stand athwart history?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by David Hume

Coming soon to a bookstore near you: Reflections on the Revolution in Araby.

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