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Separation of church and state
Church leaders in Los Angeles are calling for illegal aliens to be included in the government health insurance plan, a position echoed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A free dialysis clinic in Atlanta whose clients are overwhelmingly illegal … Continue reading
Political hermeneutics
In his new book, Why Are Jews Liberals?, [Norman] Podhoretz describes how liberal Jews—rabbis and worshipers alike—routinely cherry-pick passages from the Torah to buttress favored social policies, writes Wall Street Journal reviewer Richard Baehr. It has been my impression that … Continue reading
Fair Enough
Via the London Times: HELPING terminally ill and incurably disabled patients to commit suicide is set to be decriminalised in Britain under guidance to be issued this week. Those who assist a friend or relative to end their lives on … Continue reading
Teen birth rate, deviations from the trend….
Below in the comments I noted that a “quick & dirty” check of the data yielded an r-squared of 0.14 for the proportion of teen birth rate variance on the state level by the percentage of the state’s population that … Continue reading
The great Irving Kristol
Secular Right mourns the death of Irving Kristol and sends its heartfelt condolences to his family. Kristol possessed a noble generosity and grace, not the least when cheerfully informing an interlocutor of his errors. The irony, understatement, and cool detachment … Continue reading
Preexisting conditions
Democrats (and some Republicans) regularly bash health insurance companies for not covering preexisting conditions. But isn’t that like expecting a home insurance company to write a policy for fire after your house has already burned down? Health insurance seems to … Continue reading
Libertarian fanaticism or legislative fecklessness?
Mr. Hume occasionally explores the relationship between being non-religious and being a libertarian. If the failure to ban cell phone use while driving results from libertarian pressures, you can count me out as a member. It is incomprehensible to me … Continue reading