Archive for the 'Society' Category

Good outsells bad

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

First Things has praise for “The Incredibles”. Incredible as it might seem, the Disney studios are to be congratulated for their moral rectitude. Allow me to explain. Having finally succumbed to renting the DVD of the animated feature film The Incredibles, I was stunned at how good it was. I don’t mean good in the [...]

Global warming alarmism, and it may be too late

Monday, August 14th, 2006

More global escapism from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In this case it appears that the study assumed global warming, and ran models to determine how bad it could be at various levels of warmth. Rising temperatures will increase the risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding over the next two centuries, [...]

The Greatest Story Never Told

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Conservation economic stalwart Larry Kudlow continues as a nearly lone voice in the wilderness of economic nay-sayers. Today he has posted more great news about the robust American economy, including that consumer sales are up. Retail sales came in at 1.4 percent for July, way above Wall Street expectations, while core sales excluding autos, gas, [...]

The speech Israel is waiting to hear

Monday, August 14th, 2006

If you wonder what kind of leadership Israel needs right now, take a look at this hypothetical speech. It’s all written and everything, just waiting for a courageous leader to give it. [H/T: Alexandra at All Things Beautiful]