The president of the University of Idaho has, in a maladroit attempt to avoid controversy, created a controversy. He put out a statement the other day that in the scientific departments of the university, the teaching of Intelligent Design was verboten-idea-kind-of-thing. Science is based on evidence, he said, and then issued a decree from on …
More on Race
Jonah Goldberg over at NRO wants to talk about Bill Bennett again, which is fine. We were all doing well with one of our periodic squabbles over race when the president interrupted with his latest Supreme Court nominee. So back to the squabble. In my previous post on this, I noted that blacks were many …
The Hinge That Turned
Stephen sat on the back of his horse, and tried to make out the figures moving silently around him in the early morning. When it came to preparing for action, Capt. Dunstan’s forces were obviously well-disciplined, although from the stories told last night, they did not appear to be too scrupulous when it came to …
Miers the Nondescript
It appears that we have another stealth candidate for the Supreme Court, and it also appears to me that the president may have been too clever by half. Let me begin by noting that the nominee may be pro-life, may be a constitutional originalist, and may be a solid conservative vote on the court — …
In the Name of Relevance
While recently walking in the meadows of public discourse, William Bennett stepped in the cow pie of truth. He mentioned that if evil, pragmatic outcomes were your only consideration, you could reduce crime by evil means. He said, “…if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort …
Reductio Ad Infernum
One of the standard observations made against the so-called legitimization of homosexual “marriages” in our country is that once you throw the biblical standard of marriage out (one man, one woman, ideally one time), you have not just opened the door for homosexual unions, but also for every other kind of union the troubled gonads …
Apostles or Refugees?
All Christians at all times live in the culture they live in. The ancient Christian in Ephesus spoke Greek and wore the clothes available for purchase in that city. When he went for lunch, certain foods were available to him and other foods were not. At the same time, he was called to live in …
Got My Fingers Crossed!
A few days ago, I recorded here the news that the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression had included Southern Slavery As It Was on their list of banned books. There was an article about this in the UI student newspaper, and today William Ramsey, one of our our intolerista professors here, wrote to the …
However Did You Think of It?
Continuing on the theme of “lowlife authenticity,” Phil Johnson has a great post on that subject this morning. When anyone takes a shot at this foolishness, the cry usually goes up that conservative Christians are sticking their heads in the sand, need to get a clue, and learn to get out of their pious shell. …
Their Punishment Is Their Life
I just finished a fascinating book on the disintegration of French culture and national life, but one of the most striking things about the book was a comment the author (Denis Boyles) made in passing on the last page. “I was once a college teacher, and as those who teach know, the politics of the …