I recently heard a religiously conservative talk radio host, Mike Church, argue with an atheist caller. The atheist caller criticized the host for claiming that freedom would perish in a society of ‘Godless people.’ Church’s premise was that a free … Continue reading
Have you heard of Trayvon Martin? Of course you have. He’s the young man who was killed by a neighborhood watch member. Martin was reportedly unarmed and the neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman, claims he was acting in self-defense. There … Continue reading
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 54 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, while only 44 percent approve. At the same time, 49 percent of respondents said Obama better understands people’s economic … Continue reading
President Obama is reportedly shifting millions of dollars to the IRS to begin enforcement of ObamaCare. This raises the obvious question: What if the Supreme Court strikes down ObamaCare, with a decision expected no later than early June? Anyone who … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. Religious people are understandably threatened by the idea that genetics might be determining everything. Quite logically, they reject genetic and biological determinism for the same reason that a proponent of objective reality—a non-supernaturalist—would. Religious people offer … Continue reading
The God gene hypothesis proposes that human beings inherit a set of genes that predisposes them towards spiritual or mystical experiences. The idea has been postulated by geneticist Dean Hamer, the director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at … Continue reading
Shelby Steele is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution who is critical of the civil rights movement, and of leftism in general. In The Wall Street Journal, he recently wrote that there are two tragedies as a result … Continue reading
President Barack Obama is a ‘bully’ for trying to shove his healthcare reform law down Americans’ throats and for trying to intimidate the Supreme Court into upholding the law, says staunch conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. Obama, with his inexperience, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, on the Obama health care law: “We are giving you a boatload of money. There’s no matching funds requirement; there are no extraneous conditions attached to it. It’s just a boatload of federal money for … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. ‘Give us cheap capital.’ — Chris Zane, bicycle shop owner in Branford, CT We’re told that it’s the small businesses who will save us. First of all, it’s not any particular business — small or large … Continue reading
A recent CNN Money online article entitled, ‘Dear Mr. President’ asked a sampling of successful businesspeople to advise President Obama what to do in order to help the economy. Their answers illustrate what is both wrong and right about the … Continue reading
According to research reported in Scientific American Mind, about half of first marriages fail in the U.S., as do two thirds of second marriages and three quarters of third marriages. The researchers suggest that it’s because people usually ‘enter into … Continue reading