This almost beats “You will find true love on Flag Day.”

There’s been quite a bit of back-and-forth on the blogosphere about the Democrats’ rebranding of the Left. The debate centers around how liberal became a dirty word and the propriety of now using this other term, progressive (which Hillary Clinton explicitly favours). The arguments aren’t...

I’ve heard anecdotal comments relating to this before, but now a new article in Rolling Stone seems to confirm that ethanol hurts the environment and is more expensive than gasoline. Indeed, the evidence seems to suggest that the energy used to produce ethanol far outweighs any environmental advantages,...

Regular reader philosopher finds Andrew Sullivan’s and Rod Dreher’s lists of things they no longer believe more compelling than Joe Carter’s, which I linked to below. For what it’s worth, I find Daniel Larison’s list the most compelling, as it seems he and I have had similar...

ITA friend Joe Carter stirs the pot with his post “This I No Longer Believe: Five Lessons Learned from the Iraq War.” I believe Joe’s words would be echoed by a lot of pro-war (or formerly pro-war) conservatives upset with the way the Iraq war has been prosecuted and how public support...

In a thought-provoking column today, Jonah Goldberg picks up on Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of withdrawal from Iraq even if such an action would allow genocide to occur. Goldberg contrasts the Clinton-era willingness of liberals to send US troops overseas to intervene in genocidal conflicts...

For all of the beneficial ecumenical developments over the past few decades, Tradition’s role in the normative, orthodox expression of Christian doctrine continues to perch angels on pins. Perhaps one of the most delicate areas of the debate is the intersection of Tradition and the formation of...

Celebrity gossip monger Perez Hilton needs little introduction. But if you’re not familiar with the low-life, here’s a Wikipedia primer, which may even underestimate his impact on Hollywood and 16 year old girls. Today, as you might imagine, he’s been writing incessantly about Lindsay...

If you don’t want to watch those Rubes at the YouTube debate, you can look at something slightly less convoluted here.

David Brooks knows better than me. I routinely ignore the public statements of politicians, confident that whatever they say is mere platitudinous drivel, devoid of any useful information. But in his New York Times op-ed last week, he uncovered a startling find: Bush actually means what he says, which...