Edward Feser, in an excellent piece at Tech Central, describes the philosophical varieties of conservatism: If you are still with me … you have no doubt already begun to see the relevance of metaphysics to conservatism, and in particular the relevance of the classical realist tradition to Weaver’s brand of conservatism. “Realist Conservatism,” as we… Continue reading

Jack Krebs makes a good point about what–for me and other Christians–is so depressing about the Discovery Institute’s approach to “teaching the controversy.” They want the façade of credibility for ID by setting it against evolution – against some well-know[n] biology professor like Krishtalka, but they don’t want (and I find this ironic) to actually… Continue reading

This is going to make some of my favorite bloggers…er, unhappy, but I can’t help pointing to Christopher Hitchens on the Dover decision: Christopher Hitchens, columnist, Vanity FairAt the opening of Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh wrote of hearing one sweet and civilized word, and of the effect it had—as if a fatuous, bawling voice on… Continue reading

“Saturday Night Live” fans looking to watch classic skits from the show may not have to depend on reruns and DVD compilations for long. Apple is set to announce today that it will sell a limited number of archived “Saturday Night” skits through its iTunes Music Store for $1.99 each, for viewing on video iPods… Continue reading

Too good to be true? Michael Ledeen says: And, according to Iranians I trust, Osama bin Laden finally departed this world in mid-December. The al Qaeda leader died of kidney failure and was buried in Iran, where he had spent most of his time since the destruction of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The Iranians who… Continue reading