Author Archives: Bradlaugh

The Political Viability of Religious Conservatism

It doesn’t have much, according to Alex Knepper in this post from another blog, date about two weeks ago.  I particularly liked the Tenth Amendment point (towards the end).

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Ilana Counterblogs

Ilana Mercer counterblogs (read down a bit) to my post on “Theology Outside the Tribe.” To her points: Yes, indeed, Islamic theology is interesting to a lot of people, as the excellent sales of Robert Spencer’s books show. That is … Continue reading

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Theology Outside the Tribe

The ravishing and brilliant Ilana Mercer has a column on input from Judaism to economic principles. In line with its efforts to educate about Judaism’s philosophical affinity with the free market, the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies has inaugurated the … Continue reading

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Oogedy-Boogedy

Ron Guhname, “The Inductivist,” is scathing about Kathleen Parker’s now-famous  “oogedy-boogedy” column. New York City Republicans should become the center of the party. That there are six of them and 100 million born-agains isn’t the point; the NYC-ers are cooler. … Continue reading

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End of Science

My cosmology post of earlier today brought in the inevitable end-of-science proponent.  Got that covered.

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Settling In

Someone has asked me why I am contributing under a pen-name, since the first thing I did was to tell the whole world who I am. Heck, I don’t know.  I thought it would be neat to have a pen-name.  … Continue reading

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Dinesh Does Cosmology

Dinesh D’Souza has discovered the Anthropic Principle, after reading an article in Discover magazine. It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, just more God-of-the-gaps:  “Here’s something we’re having real trouble understanding. Must be the hand of God!” Dinesh does not follow … Continue reading

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Corner Feedback

Some reaction to the new site after I posted a link from NRO’s blog The Corner: Reader A: Mr Derbyshire — many thanks for helping provide an outlet for secular conservative views. I think you’ll find there are quite a few … Continue reading

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The H.L. Mencken Club

Just back from a weekend down in Baltimore, where I gave a talk to the H.L. Mencken Club.  Nice people; well-organized event; good reception for talk.  However, I can’t forbear noting some dissonances pertinent to the theme of this blog. … Continue reading

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