Ben Stein's Expelled is a brilliant (and long overdue) shot at dogmatic evolutionism in the scientific community. This is a subject that I hit every now and then, and his documentary confirms a lot of what I said in Circling the Wagons Around Evolution. One thing he doesn't spend as much time as I would …
The Chinese Discover “Certainly Not Neutral”
The Chinese are discovering what many in the U.S. have known for a long time: that much of the "mainstream" media is biased, and especially CNN, which G. Gordon Liddy humourously referred to one time as "Certainly Not Neutral." This has been brought home to them by the remarks of Jack Cafferty. Some Chinese have …
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Barack Obama May Be Right. But It May Not Help.
Barack Obama fights back from the reaction to his statements that people turned to their guns and their God in the face of economic adversity. To be honest, he's right. People have turned to other sources of help than the government. What were we supposed to do, anyway? In many respects Mike Huckabee's populist campaign …
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The Trouble with Tibet
Many years ago, I heard an Indian Anglican minister who told a long (and not always easy to understand, due to his accent) story about how it took several long trips over the Himalayas to take the Bible in the “Tibetan tongue” to that storied land. The obvious objective of this was to win Tibetans …
We’re Looking for a Volunteer, Ted
Ted Turner thinks that there are too many people in the world: "We're too many people; that's why we have global warming," he said. "Too many people are using too much stuff." So is he prepared to volunteer himself and his family to bail out first? That's always the tricky part for advocates of things …
“Every woman should carry a gun in this evil time”
Chattanooga city councilman Manny Rico puts the matter simply: Councilman Manny Rico, who was also at the press conference, said he has no problems with Capt. (Jeannie) Snyder continuing to carry a gun. He said, "I think every woman should carry a gun in this evil time." And be prepared to use it too: Chattanooga …
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The Falklands: Not This Again!
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner knows how to choose a sore subject: "The sovereign claim to the Malvinas Islands is inalienable," she said in a speech marking the 26th anniversary of Argentina's ill-fated invasion of the islands, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off shore. The April 2, 1982 invasion prompted then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher …
It Does Matter Where You Go to College
Bowdoin's admissions director hasn't figured out what's really happening out there: “I know why it matters so much, and I also don’t understand why it matters so much,” said William M. Shain, dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin. “Where we went to college does not set us up for success or keep us …
It’s the “True Love” Thing Again
The trials of Harvard student Janie Fredell's ongoing--but at least no longer solo--battle to uphold the Christian sexual ethic in her own life are yet another example of something that has been going on for a long time. I've taken some heat on this subject before, but I'll say it again: this society, and especially …
Hillary Clinton has Nothing to Lose by Ploughing On
All of the hue and cry for Hillary Clinton to quit is rubbish: Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont senator who endorsed Obama in January, said she was never going to win enough delegates, and he suggested she should throw in the towel in "the interests of a Democratic victory in November." A number of Democrats …
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