Those of you who follow "Spengler" on Asia Times Online are familiar with his argument coupling the birthrate with religious belief and the survival of a society. (An interesting correlation of this from an Episcopalian standpoint can be found here.) It looks like he's got some competition from the West Coast in the form of …
Evangelicals and Politics: Somebody Finally Gets It
It is heartening when someone, somewhere--and especially an academic like Bradford Wilcox at a respected institution (in this case the University of Virginia)--finally grasps what liberals cannot in his article Preaching to the Choir, namely that much of evangelicals' political involvement is defensive rather than offensive. This is something I have been repeating since Public …
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The East is Red With Something Different
Eighty years ago, Mao Zedong predicted the following: For the present upsurge of the peasant movement is a colossal event. In a very short time, in China's central, southern and northern provinces, several hundred million peasants will rise like a mighty storm, like a hurricane, a force so swift and violent that no power, however …
Mitt Romney Answers the Most Important Question
One thing has always bothered me about Mitt Romney is this: how can a Temple Mormon, given the central role of children in Mormon theology, be or ever have been pro-choice? The following is Mitt Romney's own answer.
An Investment in the Future
The collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis last Wednesday has focused our attention on the subject of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. The real tragedy is that it takes incidents like this to do that. The American Society of Civil Engineers routinely puts out its Infrastructure Report Card on the state of the …
The Problem of Wage Compression
The decision by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to stick with a 3% across the board pay increase for city employees as opposed to a $1.00/hour one was a sensible one. But it brings up an issue common in labour relations, namely that of wage compression. A quick summary of the facts: the Mayor had …
The Saudis and Their Dangerous Game
It's little wonder that U.S. Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis’ Role in Iraq. The wonder is that they haven't sooner. Saudi Arabia is trying to do two things at once: Spread Wahhabi/Salafi Islam throughout the Muslim world through a well-financed system of patronage (mosques, imams, etc.) Salafism attempts to return Islam to the faith and …
Russian youth: Stalin good, migrants must go
In thinking about the recent poll Russian youth: Stalin good, migrants must go, one is reminded of the following concerning another brutal Russian tyrant, Ivan the Terrible: By the 1580's Russian society had assumed the essential shape it was to retain until 1861; despite war and revolution vestiges of it have survived until today. During …
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Next Time, Hire a Real Indian
The lesson of the Ward Churchill saga Ward Churchill Saga is simple: if you want real ethnic diversity and the viewpoints that come with it, hire someone with real non-white background. Living in "Cherokee Country," the University of Colorado would have had a better shot at this if they had walked into just about any …
Maybe It’s Time to Emigrate
Lydia Playfoot's loss of her legal action to wear a chastity ring brings to mind two previous posts: Liberals and Sex Go Together (her opponents) What They Really Don’t Like is the Chastity. Don’t Like the Free Speech Either. (previous direct comment on the subject) But it also brings up something else, this time from …
Positive Infinity 