It seems that a number of people who combine the virtues of wooly-headed internationalist thinking and hypersensitivity to criticism of religion have managed to come up with a hybrid of their two intellectual vices: they would have the United Nations… Continue Reading
A private prosecution has been undertaken in England against a London art gallery that is exhibiting a statue of Jesus with an erection underneath his robes. Christians, do yourself a favor — don’t click on the link unless you really… Continue Reading
It occurs to me that my earlier thoughts about opt-out organ harvesting laws may be, in a significant way, fundamentally incompatible with my thoughts in the same post condemning laws forbidding the sale of one’s own organs. This disturbs me… Continue Reading
Plenty of spoilers here, in case you’ve not seen The Dark Knight. But on the other hand, if you read either entertainment or political columns on blogs, you’ve probably seen this stuff already. Here’s my take on it. Somehow, an… Continue Reading
A gay man in Michigan is suing publishers of Bibles because they published versions of the Bible that say homosexuality is a sin. Um. He alleges that the publication of Bibles characterizing homosexuality as sinful give him causes of action… Continue Reading
John Sidney McCain III, the presumptive Republican nominee for President in 2008, was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, the son of two U.S. citizens. There is a way of interpreting case and statutory law to indicate that… Continue Reading
One of the most important decisions I will ever see was handed down by the Supreme Court today. The Supreme Court today definitively (if by only a narrow margin) resolved the question of whether the Second Amendment confers an individual… Continue Reading
A challenge to the Defense of Bigotry Initiative has been lodged. I think it should be rejected, for some of the same reasons that Eugene Volokh suggests. A “revision” to the Constitution is something that changes the basic structure of… Continue Reading
Some nutjobs in Congress, and some policy proponents, have floated the idea of nationalizing oil refineries. The linked video clip is from FOX News and the interviewer (Neil Cavuto) is far from neutral in his questioning: But then again, I… Continue Reading
It seems some local churches are organizing, and maybe even leading, efforts to organize voters to pass the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot this November. Me, I wonder whether this activity would cause the churches to forfeit their tax-exempt… Continue Reading