thoughts in and out of season
It all comes together in one story: Dearth of Women in Europe’s Top Science Jobs: Report. The story touches on the EU, human rights, an “expert group” and the fate of science in liberal society, and even includes a idiotic quote from the EU Research Commissioner: “A better balance of the sexes in scientific … More ...
Why is it that “human rights” treaties get signed with such alacrity? On its face, The Convention on the Rights of the Child makes depriving a child of the right to watch the TV programs he likes (Article 13) or choose who he hangs out with (Article 15) human rights violations. Nonetheless, it has been … More ...
Here’s yet another compilation of materials on the links between homosexuality and child molestation that notoriously don’t exist.
A totally nonpolitical and indeed (intentionally) nonsensical quote that I just ran into for the first time since college. It struck me as characteristic and very funny then, and still does:
… More ...“It was a crisp and spicy morning in early October. The lilacs and laburnums, lit with the glory-fires of autumn, hung burning and flashing
Why does liberal society function as well as it does? Ordinary people and theoreticians complain about it, its proponents have trouble defending it coherently, and its imminent demise has been announced since long before any of us were born. Nonetheless, it is more widespread and firmly rooted than ever and its development goes from victory … More ...
Another action alert: People for the American way has set up a toll-free number to let you call your legislator about the pending federal hate crimes bill (The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (S 625)) and the American Family Association is suggesting that all right-wingers do just that. Here’s their email:
… More ...Subj: Urgent! Oppose Kennedy
Deal Hudson, the publisher of Crisis, sends around email reports to anyone who signs up for them. Here’s the latest, entitled “Bad News from Rome” (the bad news is that the higher-ups in the Vatican still don’t take the scandals here seriously):
… More ...Subj: Bad News From Rome Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:07:40
Tolerance marches ever onward: in Portland, Maine, the Salvation Army must offer domestic partner benefits or give up its Meals on Wheels and senior center contract.
There isn’t much more inhuman in our national life than the notion that the United States is a “creedal” or “propositional” nation. We need something to hold us together, so it is said, and we don’t have blood and soil, which sounds Nazi anyway, so we have to rely on our national creed—the proposition that … More ...
A worthwhile reference point: INS Commissioner Ziglar thinks it’s unrealistic and unreasonable to deport illegal aliens.