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Author Archives: Heather Mac Donald
Nice animals
Conservative pundits occasionally imply that other-directed human virtues, such as charity, compassion, and mercy, came on the scene only thanks to Christianity. No one has ever shown hospitality to a stranger or helped survivors of an earthquake in other cultures, … Continue reading
The doctor made me not do it
We need to induce doctors to practice preventive, not just reactive, care! is a favored nostrum in the current health care debate. I’ve yet to hear an example of what this means. Prevention lies overwhelmingly within the realm of individual … Continue reading
An advantage of polytheism
The Pope announced during his Angelus broadcast last Sunday that he was “imploring God to relieve the pain” of the survivors of a recent flood in Sicily and of the recent earthquake in Indonesia, according to RAI International. Such an … Continue reading
Breaking News: Europe hates Bush
Neocon Europe-bashing, especially its theocon chapter, always produced in me an opposite, possibly equally kneejerk, reaction. Europe’s reluctance to start wars was an understandable and hardly blameworthy reaction to its 20th century bloodbaths, I thought, its secularism a welcome development, … Continue reading
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The silent treatment
I keep waiting for the doughty advocates of “increasing health insurance competition by more government regulation” (that may or may not include a public option) to explain why insurance should not be available across state lines. Not only is this … Continue reading
The possible limits of power
Ten experts polled by the New York Times present their advice for winning in Afghanistan. Suggestions include “a genuine run-off election,” “empowering local pashtuns” by “political and economic means,” creating a “functioning local justice system with courts, lawyers and jails,” … Continue reading
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Rational risk recalibration
Is the risk of another terrorist attack in the U.S. like the San Andreas fault or like the phone call you’re still waiting for from that cute boy you’ve got a crush on? As time elapses without the anticipated event happening, … Continue reading
Eternal life v. death panels
Reader Aaron points out the obvious: that when the Pope says that without faith, there can be no hope, he is referring to hope for “the most important reward of all: eternal life.” Pace my alternative suggestions for hope, the … Continue reading
The Pope rebukes the Czech Republic
Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, gave an unapologetic defense of capitalism at the Cato Institute last week. The recent economic crisis did not result from too much economic liberty, he argued, nor would it be solved by greater … Continue reading
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Economic conundrum
We often hear that high labor costs and excessive regulation have hurt the United States’ ability to compete globally in manufacturing. Yet one of the goals of the recently concluded G-20 summit was to persuade Germany, no less than China, to … Continue reading
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