What’s good about America?

I’m not impressed by the argument that America is good because it’s free, equal, democratic and prosperous, or because a lot of people from all over the world want to move here. There are good things to be said about America on those grounds, but they can also be said about other Western countries, and … More ...

An Anglican bishop on the problem of evil

Statements in a radio interview given by Anglican bishop Martin Reynolds display the essentials of liberal antihomophobia: Anti-gay archbishop Jensen likened to Hitler. According to Reynolds, the claim that deviant sexual intercourse is bad, so homosexual couplings aren’t equivalent to marriages and those who affirm such things in their lives shouldn’t be pastors of … More ...

Is conservatism winning or losing badly?

Conservatives can be divided into (1) pessimists, who think the trend is down, down, down, and (1) optimists, who think things aren’t so bad. The pessimists point to things like Grutter, Lawrence, and the business-as-usual attitude of most mainstream conservatives to those decisions. The optimists point to things like practical limitations on the … More ...

It’s the same newspaper everywhere

I can remember when the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune were conservative papers. Nowadays there’s no such thing in the mainstream press, they’re all much too professionalized to be anything but left/liberal, so the two have become operatives for the Democratic Party and the pro-abortion movement just like everyone else. So it’s no big surprise … More ...