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Author Archives: David Hume
Abortion, men & women on the same page
Over at The Washington Post Ezra Klein has a post, The gender politics of the abortion “compromise”: It’s sadly telling that the “compromise” proposal limiting abortion was offered by Bart Stupak, and seconded by a Republican male. The opposition was … Continue reading
What separation of church & state?
Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments: Reporting from Washington – Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments … Continue reading
“Sandwich artist” killing spree
Orlando shooting suspect had recently filed for bankruptcy: The suspect in Friday’s shooting of six people in a downtown high-rise is a 40-year-old “man with economic woes that include a recent bankruptcy filing, federal records show. … A man who … Continue reading
American, a dissenting Protestant nation?
In my post Religious diversity & its discontents I referred to America as a “Protestant nation.” This caused some confusion because as regular readers know I’m not too focused on theology, as opposed to historical and evolutionary continuity. For example, … Continue reading
New Majority → FrumForum
Here’s the explanation for the change in name. When I saw a page notifying of the change last night on NewMajority I thought someone had hacked the site and placed the note up as a joke. I guess that says … Continue reading
The necessity of the non-answer
Clark of Mormon Metaphysics points to this screed by Peter Lawler over at Postmodern Conservative by way of praising Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies. Lawler asserts: … It begins as a criticism of the naive stupidity … Continue reading
White men can’t be progressive?
Matt Yglesias says, White Men Are Not Very Progressive: I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of political leaders and prominent media figures are white men. … Continue reading
Rationality & culture
At ScienceBlogs, where most of my readers are liberal, Katherine says: This is why I think rightism is absurd: because it seems to be so uncomfortable with letting others simply go about their lives in whatever way they themselves wish. … Continue reading
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Catholics somewhat less conservative even if observant
Are Catholic Republicans More Liberal Than Protestant Republicans?, a comment: A lot of people call themselves “Catholic” who really don’t even go to Church and who deny many Catholic Church teachings…ergo… the author’s conclusion is VERY flawed. This is a … Continue reading
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Religious diversity & its discontents
Over at ScienceBlogs I’ve put a comment up about tensions in New York City between a mosque & an establishment across the street which serves alcohol. The issues around public displays of religion, and the norms which are enforced around … Continue reading