The National Review Online staff has come up with some startling statistics. I re-post some of them here for your consideration. Think about these numbers. You can get a fuller report at The Corner. 'New Budget Estimates Show Unsustainable Spending and Debt' [NRO Staff] Some highlights from Brian Riedl's Heritage Foundation analysis: — This year, Washington... Continue Reading →
Ruthless Pragmatism
Bloomberg has an article based on an April interview with President Obama concerning end of life medical decisions. In the article, Obama says that he would gladly have paid for his grandmother’s hip replacement himself; yet he found the decision for her to have a hip replacement troubling. He labeled the decision “a difficult moral... Continue Reading →
What If They’re Wrong?
Maybe our title question is one we are not supposed to ask, but, what if Al Gore and the global warming prophets of doom are wrong? Wouldn't it mean that we could drive whatever cars we wanted? Wouldn't it mean that we could have more--rather than less--babies? Wouldn't it mean no more taxing of the... Continue Reading →
Your Healthcare
Everybody is talking about healthcare. I just wanted to share my personal conviction about the matter. I have been guilty in the past of complaining about doctors. Seems like whenever I go to the doctor, I spend a couple of hours waiting, spend a couple thousand dollars, get a couple of prescriptions, but still have... Continue Reading →
More on the Victims
If you are in your 60's or older--or if you ever hope to reach that age--then you really should be concerned about Obamacare proposals. The blog below mentions victims--those likely to be hurt most by Obamacare; the victims include the young and the old. But this research from the Heritage Foundation shows in detail just... Continue Reading →
Hidden Victims of Obamacare
Socializing (or governmentalizing) healthcare is a bad idea. It's just simply bad. It undoes responsibility. It rewards slothfulness and punishes productivity (just listen to how doctors are now being vilified). The plan, as it stands presently, will also hurt lots of folks both financially and medically. This piece in the Wall Street Journal exposes some... Continue Reading →
Be Unfruitful & Do Not Multiply?
There are consequences for “Population” Control. Fail to take seriously the command to be fruitful and multiply, and pay the long-term consequences. Liberal policies on population control fed into the abortion mindset and cost China her future, just as China was on the verge of challenging the world as the next superpower. Could it really be the... Continue Reading →
Does God Need Guns
There are some funny moments in the video below. Obviously, the reporter is over her head in the interview. Whereas among her journalist friends her quips would have carried the day, but our patriotic pal in the video is undaunted by her high-minded questions concerning his decision to offer AK-47's to anyone who buys a... Continue Reading →
I Could
According to this story, Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, in conjunction with a few Democrat lawmakers, is proposing Christian support for a new bill ostensibly designed to reduce the number of abortions. “Helping young people to delay sexual activity, preventing the pregnancies that people don't want, economically supporting low-income women to give them real choice... Continue Reading →
More From Eugenic Soil
In my recent Nazi euthanasia lecture, I argued that it is not in our best interest to claim that certain actions and procedures are linked to Nazism because then the defending party would only need to demonstrate that his actions aren't the same as Nazi actions. In almost all cases, this would prove true. The... Continue Reading →
The Soil of Eugenics
Eugenics--the thought that we can improve the human race through genetic engineering--has been around since the 19th Century; it started by taking God out of the picture (naturalism). It quickly joined hands with Darwinian evolution and the modern penchant for progress. It came to full flower in Germany, of course; yet, it has been in... Continue Reading →
Blind Eyes for Threats to Women
I hope women's groups get access to this story out of Iran. I remember my surprise when women's rights groups supported Bill Clinton for President and, afterwards, supported him through the entire intern ordeal. I thought, at that point, their credibility was shot. I figured their on-going work would be no more effective than Jimmy... Continue Reading →
Globs of Tissue Remember
You may click here to read a fascinating story concerning research which shows that fetuses have memories. The researchers were able to test at 30 weeks gestation and demonstrate that the child in the womb was able to recall and respond and even learn to respond more quickly over the course of the experiment. The... Continue Reading →
Pro Choice?
One of the unintended consequences of the pro-choice movement may turn out to be the oppression of women. Ironic, isn't it? The liberation movement championed free choice for all women. The right to abortion became the right for the women to choose whether or not they would have the child. Now, however, a trend appears... Continue Reading →
Green with Frustration
For quite some time, California has produced no small collection of green-friendly laws, codes, and commandments. The situation appears to be completely out of hand now. Such confusion was inevitable, I think, because people have too many interests at stake to be objective about what is best for all (either for all people or all... Continue Reading →
Gregory C. Cochran 