The Washington Post's media writer, Howard Kurtz, had a Web-only column posted yesterday in which he touched on the disastrous hiring of serial plagiarist Ben Domenech and conservatives in the news business in general. Kurtz's article was prompted by this piece by David Mastio over at RealClearPolitics.com which lays out the apparent step-by-step method for […]
I'm not a big fan on the "wall" that's supposedly in place between church and state in this country because it's most commonly used to try to silence religious people. On a similar note, when Republicans talk about their faith (or even when they're not) the anti-religious left goes ape with sinister conspiracy theories and […]
Blogress The Anchoress notes that the self-image police have apparently struck the hymnal publishing industry. Miss Kelly is distressed to find that some hymnals (including - sigh - the one in my church) features a change in the words to Amazing Grace. “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me…†Has […]
I really don't know what to say about the headline in this story from the Washington Post. Embryonic Stem Cell Success In Mouse Experiment, Cells From Testes Are Transformed By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 25, 2006; A11 Scientists in Germany said yesterday that they had retrieved easily obtained cells from the […]
Early last week the Washington Post unveiled a conservative blog, "Red America," on its site authored by 24-year-old Ben Domenech. Domenech's previous experience consisted of writing for National Review magazine and he was one of the co-founders of the popular blog-community Redstate.org. By Friday, Domenech had resigned after it was discovered that he had committed […]
That humongous monstrosity of an airliner that Airbus is selling had a "safety drill" today. The goal was to evacuate 873 passengers and 20 crew from the plane in just 80 seconds. They were apparently successful -- everyone got out -- but there's that pesky problem of 33 injuries (in what would be a best-case […]
Afghani Christian Abdul Rahman has had the case against him dropped due to "lack of evidence" -- which I suppose is better than decreeing him insane. However, it doesn't hold a lot of promise for religious freedom in that country. In fact, if all you read is the headline, you'll probably miss the fact that […]
News today that you should take President Bush's look into the soul of Russian President Vladimir Putin and that whole "trust" thing with a heaping dose of skepticism. The Russian government had sources inside the American military command as the U.S. mounted the invasion of Iraq, and the Russians passed information to Saddam Hussein on […]
The Padres Geoff Blum was traded to the White Sox last season as they made their run for their first World Series title since 1917. Blum hit a home run in his only World Series at-bat in the 14th inning of Game 3 to give the Sox the vicotry. But what had been going on […]
Columnist Jeff Jacoby has an excellent article on the practical effects on the nation if the lawsuit dubbed Roe v. Wade for men succeeds. [I blogged about the suit when it was first filed here.] The culture used to send a clear message to men in [Matthew] Dubay's position: Marry the mother and be a […]