Once again, my bookmark folder overfloweth.
When we consider the scientific method, we often think about matching an effect with a cause. But have we become so accustomed to this paradigm that we mismatch causes and effects? Yes, and ICR, in this article, provides some specific examples. The US Court System is allowing a lawsuit to go forward that ties the severity of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina with the “global climate change” from burning fossil fuels. Once you throw law and logic out the window, you can claim just about anything you like. The comparison to Jeremiah 44 [...]
I previously wrote a rather lengthy post on why statist societies are brittle. Is there a solution to this problem? The easiest solution is to simply propose the opposite extreme —total anarchy. In fact, this is what many people do propose, in the form of libertarianism. It’s always easy to jump from one extreme to another, from absolute government control over every aspect of our lives to absolutely no control over our lives. The problem is that this won’t work, either; history shows us no time in which people have lived without peace and without government. The only time [...]
What do you think would happen if the situation were reversed? A Christian group building a new wall on top of an existing wall next to a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem without permits? They would be slaughtered in the news media. But nary a word from the “mainstream press.”
For the record, I don’t believe we know, for certain, where Jesus was crucified or where his body lay when he was resurrected, but those things are moot at this point; there is no reason to believe Mohammad took off from the Temple Mount when he flew off on [...]
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman isn’t alone in touting the alleged benefits of authoritarian regimes. A variety of progressives claim that utilitarian arguments show it’s practical to have the state control large swaths of citizens’ lives. Ethical arguments aside, that view is belied by a large body of evidence. The recent Russian drought and fires required them to slash exports by 30 percent. China’s widely admired infrastructure push has produced widespread dislocations from floods and man-made landslides. Haiti’s earthquake that killed over 200,000 will have them reeling for years, even with billions in international aid. The point here [...]
This is such a well written article that I wanted to share some key parts of it with you. The sugared “niceness” which coats our society is becoming a coffin.
In its basic form, the Ground Zero mosque debate boils down to a conflict between two competing values – American freedom of religion versus the sensitivities of the families of the victims of 9/11.
The freedom-of-religion argument suggests that if Jews sought to build a synagogue at Ground Zero (or anywhere else, for that matter), they would be within their rights. That’s the American way. The opposing view suggests [...]
In the Federalist Papers, the authors dedicate considerable space to history’s failed experiments in self-government. John Adams wrote in 1798, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” What Adams suggests is the people’s character impacts our government’s character. The early generations of Americans were independent-minded folks. Help for those in need came from the church, the family, or the community. Citizens expected only a few limited functions to be performed by the state. In 21st century America, we expect the government to provide Social Security [...]
BBC Director General Mark Thompson has admitted the corporation was guilty of a ‘massive’ Left-wing bias in the past. The TV chief also admitted there had been a ‘struggle’ to achieve impartiality and that staff were ‘ mystified’ by the early years of Margaret Thatcher’s government. … His comments, made in the New Statesman magazine, are one of the clearest admissions of political bias from such a senior member of its staff. The BBC has long been accused of being institutionally biased towards the Left, and an internal report from 2007 said it had to make greater efforts to [...]
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