Cormac McCarthy's The Road succeeds magnificently as a classic morality tale, implemented with a mastery of language seldom visited upon the reading public. It is a book that reveals the truth of man.
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The record of government bailouts of private financial institutions teaches that emergency loans keep weak institutions alive just long enough for their problems to increase. [...] Many faithful American Catholics have longed for the Holy Father to address our problems, not the least of which is a pervasive attitude of selective faith. [...] In his recent children's novel, Gary Gregg taps into a wealth of Celtic history and legend to craft a story which is one part adventure, one part coming-of-age story, and one part exploration of Scottish heritage. A review of The Sporran. [...] Ahmadinejad and his cronies in Iran appear to be literally following a path blazed in the Twentieth Century by Hitler. [...] Just as we cannot properly judge the soundness of an engineering plan without understanding the laws governing the physical world, we cannot properly judge the soundness of a social plan without understanding the laws governing the moral world. [...] If government pays farmers to sell corn for energy, even a modestly intelligent liberal should be able to comprehend that this will affect food prices. [...] The energy policy of the United States seems designed to purposely and artificially raise prices to the consumer by throttling supply. [...] The media reports on "climate change." [...] George Handlery on the week that was. [...] There is nothing that can be done about the changing weather patterns that are leaving havoc in their wake, for example, extreme amounts of snow and ice followed by lots of flooding. [...] Absolutely nothing. [...] Michael Harrington helped ignite The Great Society and all the benefits and problems that were associated with that effort, and made the elimination of poverty a staple of Democratic politics. Natually he clashed with William F. Buckley, Jr., who viewed Johnson’s war on poverty as an exercise in futility. [...] Should fascism come it will arrive with a happy face and a smile, as our Nanny Staters will trample any person or family who gets in the way of their keeping us all safe. A review of Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. [...] According to Dee Dee Myers, women are better communicators, better listeners, and better at forming consensus. A review of Why Women Should Rule the World. [...] If supporters of the popular election of the executive have their way, the next thing to go would logically be the present form of the U.S. Senate. [...] The white poor, working, and lower-middle classes, the guys who step up and serve as policemen, firemen, jail guards, infantrymen, Marines, and in the special forces, those are the guys that the Bill Clintons, George W. Bushes, and Eliot Spitzers think are idiots. [...] Although George W. Bush was especially gullible and incompetent in attempting his armed, nation-building fiasco in Iraq, the hyperactivity in U.S. foreign affairs is mainly structural. [...] The current American system of personal choice of physicians, hospitals, and types of care looks pretty good when compared to other national systems. [...] The Boston Zoning Commission has passed a new ordinance which will make it illegal for landlords to rent to more than four students in a single rental unit. [...] Is it possible to say anything critical of Islam, without being "anti-Islamic?" [...] George Handlery on the week that was. [...] Hillary Clinton has her own clergy problem. [...] Senator Clinton and the Los Angeles Times need to get their facts straight before making ignorant pronouncements. [...] |
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