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Civilizing the young
Many Americans who are indifferent to faith will confess they find themselves challenged as they try to raise good and decent children without the religious confidence their parents had. writes William McGurn, for whose sagacity I have the utmost respect. … Continue reading
Torture porn
Liberal and left-wing critics of Bush’s “war on terror” have brandished the word “torture” to refer to every stressful interrogation practice that soldiers in Afghanistan and Guantanamo desperately and clumsily evolved in their effort to gather intelligence on presumed terror … Continue reading
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Infant mortality, here and elsewhere
If you’re a baby, you’ve got a greater chance of surviving into your toddler years if you’re born in godless Europe and other less zealous Western and Asian nations than in religious America. Premature births, often brought on by drinking, … Continue reading
War on terror: environmentalist chapter
During the Bush years, the Democrats aggressively played terror porn one-upmanship. They grandstanded over the Dubai ports deal and demanded that all U.S.-bound cargo containers be screened for nuclear weapons (a grossly unnecessary measure) and that the chemical industry be … Continue reading
Climate Change – At Last, A Moment of Honesty
Well, the practical effects of this judgment may be absurd but it does, at least, have the virtue of honesty: When Rupert Dickinson, the chief executive of one of Britain’s biggest property firms, left his BlackBerry behind in London while … Continue reading
Fort Hood and the Islamist threat
The Fort Hood shootings are a horrific tragedy, one for which all Americans mourn. Even if the right’s assumption that Nidal Malik Hasan was primarily motivated by Islamist ideology proves correct, however, it’s going to take a lot more such … Continue reading
Spirituality, real and imagined
The sweat lodge deaths have focused scrutiny on the New Age community in Sedona, which over three decades has become a magnet for spiritual seekers thanks to spectacular scenery and links to Native American rituals. The Angel Valley retreat center, … Continue reading
Magical thinking watch: “Education innovations”
The Obama Administration has created a $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)— its snappy nickname undoubtedly intended to invoke the excitement of a Silicon Valley start-up. “We’re making an unprecedented investment in cutting-edge ideas that will produce the next … Continue reading
About those other public options
The newly reinvigorated advocates of a “public option” in health care argue that government, with its limitless deep pockets, with its ability to sustain an economically unviable operation indefinitely through its taxing and borrowing power, provides fair and meaningful “competition” … Continue reading
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