Monthly Archives: May 2012

One must sometimes be wrong to ever be right

Posted on May 29, 2012 by David Hume

National Review has a piece up, The Party of Civil Rights. In it Kevin D. Williamson makes the case that everything you thought you knew about the relationship of the Democrats and Republicans to Civil Rights is wrong. There is … Continue reading →

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Embrace doubt, reject certitude, and move past moral smugness

Posted on May 28, 2012 by David Hume

Noah Millman has a post up at The American Conservative, What Has Christianity To Do With Human Rights? He is responding to a conversation at the heart of which is Ross Douthat, who is making singular claims for the grounding … Continue reading →

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Worth Buttressing

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

It was Winston Churchill (an agnostic, essentially) who famously said that he was not a pillar of the Church of England, but a buttress, ”supporting it from the outside”. I feel much the same way (I would still check C … Continue reading →

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Sasha Baron Cohen and the implicit hecker’s veto

Posted on May 25, 2012 by David Hume

An interview of Sasha Baron Cohen on NPR: GROSS: One of the things you stay away from in “The Dictator” is religion. We don’t know if this dictator is Muslim. There’s no mention of Islam, there’s no mention of the … Continue reading →

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Christians & Muslims Unite…

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

…against Lady Gaga. The Guardian reports: Christian groups in the Philippines have called for a ban on Lady Gaga’s Manila concerts, alleging that her song Judas is an offensive mockery of Jesus Christ. Youths gathered at a rally outside the … Continue reading →

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The Islamification of Buffalo

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Bradlaugh

One of the best special-interest bloggers is Ann Corcoran of Refugee Resettlement Watch.  She knows her territory well and comes up with some amazing stories.  The importation of refugees — a high proportion of them fraudulent (90 percent according to … Continue reading →

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Francois Hollande’s marketting coup

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Heather Mac Donald

The presidential victory of socialist Francois Hollande in France is being presented everywhere as a vote for “growth” over stagnation: [Irish Foreign Minister] Eamon Gilmore last night said the election of Francois Hollande will “accelerate” a growth agenda in Europe. … Continue reading →

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Miscellany, May 4

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Walter Olson

News that former Trent Lott aide Edwina Rogers named as top atheist lobbyist ruffles commenters at Daily Caller [TheDC] Indian skeptic charged with blasphemy for revealing secret behind “miracle” of weeping cross [Doctorow] Denmark Supreme Court, 7-0, strikes down conviction … Continue reading →

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Comments, themes, etc.

Posted on May 1, 2012 by David Hume

A reader brought it to my attention that on Chrome/Firefox the new theme was forcing registration. That was not the setting in WordPress, but the caprice of the theme. An issue I did not notice because I am always registered. … Continue reading →

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