Monthly Archives: February 2017

Enlightenment Fail : A Dane is Charged with Blasphemy

Cross-posted on the Corner. The New York Times (my emphasis added): A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in Denmark, a striking decision by prosecutors in a … Continue reading

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Dr. Paltrow Presumes: Iodine

The Independent: Another week, another piece of questionable advice from Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop. This time, however, the website may have made its most dangerous recommendation yet, as a doctor has called out the latest post saying: “Almost everything in this … Continue reading

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Pope Francis and Venezuela: Throwing Another Tyranny a Lifeline

Cross-posted on the Corner: Critics of Pope Francis who describe him as a ‘socialist’ are fairly wide off the mark.  Perhaps that was inevitable: Describing the ideology of a pope in conventionally political terms is, by definition, going to be … Continue reading

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The Left Thinks Muslims in the U.S. Have it Bad. Really, Really Bad.

  A new Rasmussen poll highlights the divergence between left and right on perceptions of who’s persecuted. And just, wow. From the data, one gets the impression that it’s the allegedly cold-hearted right more alarmed about the plight of religious … Continue reading

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