Monthly Archives: April 2013

Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Over at AEI Mark Perry celebrates Earth Day with quotes from Steven Landsburg’s book The Armchair Economist, including this: [E]nvironmentalists — at least the ones I have met — have no real interest in maintaining the … Continue reading →

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Not all religions are the same

Posted on April 22, 2013 by David Hume

The Bill Maher clip has to be watched to be believed. Not the guest’s attempt to obfuscate. The fundamental issue is simple: most non-Muslims don’t care about Islam or Muslims so long as Islam and Muslims don’t impinge upon their … Continue reading →

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Leon Kass is not alone (Sadly)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Andrew Sullivan we have this piece by William B. Hurlbut, Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University Medical Center, a man of science, who is, it turns out, also a fan of the benevolently deranged Francis of … Continue reading →

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Such Sweet Suffering

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Wall Street Journal has interviewed “eminent bioethicist” (itself a contradiction in terms) Leon Kass. The trigger was the Gosnell trial, but it was this aspect of Kass’s remarks that drew my attention: Dr. Kass sometimes finds himself at odds … Continue reading →

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Indeed

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Bill Maher gets it right. The Daily Caller reports: On HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the … Continue reading →

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Bird Brain

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Wall Street Journal reports: CARACAS—Nicolás Maduro, the one-time bus driver widely expected to become Venezuela’s next president in Sunday’s elections, has resorted to an unusual campaign gimmick in the past week: At nearly every stop, he has suddenly broken … Continue reading →

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Update from the Arab Spring

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via The Daily Star (Lebanon): CAIRO: Egyptian police fired tear gas outside Cairo’s Coptic cathedral on Sunday after clashes following funeral prayers for four Christians killed in sectarian clashes. Black-clad riot police pointed at the main … Continue reading →

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The Essence of Chavismo

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the BBC: The acting president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has put a curse on citizens who do not vote for him in next week’s election. He likened his main rival candidate, Henrique Capriles, to Spanish conquerors fighting indigenous people … Continue reading →

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Atheist Shoes from Berlin

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Atheist shoes being sold out of Berlin, who knew? Not for me, I think. I’m more inclined, inappropriately enough,to Church’s. On the other hand an atheist tote bag, stripped of any pretty sentiment (“nichts, nichts, nichts…jawohl”), now that is something … Continue reading →

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“Islamophobia”

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

In an earlier post here, Mr. Hume and Jackson Doughart, reacting to an exchange between Glenn Greenwald and Sam Harris, discuss (amongst many things) the way that the notion of ‘Islamophobia’ has been used to try to stifle those who … Continue reading →

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