The Supreme Court had a blinder of a week! Apart from handing down the huge ruling on abortion, the Court overruled New York’s “proper cause” requirements for gun ownership. Gun owners in New York have been restricted when carrying guns outside of their properties. In addition, self-defense was not considered a valid reason for purchasing a firearm. Meanwhile, panicked GOP… Read More Red flag
It is hard to believe the news, but Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision which imposed legalized abortion on all 50 states has been overturned. The ruling returns the power to legislate abortion to each state, with almost half set to ban or limit it. As a number of folks predicted, those who wish to kill their… Read More A day of rejoicing
At the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), there are jars of some of the most expensive peanut butter money can buy. The price tag is not due to the scarcity of ingredients or secret bespoke cooking techniques, but is instead because it has been measured right down to the molecule. In a fascinating article at The Guardian,… Read More Crunching numbers
The FBI confirmed it was investigating attacks on pregnancy centers carried out by Jane’s Revenge, responding to calls from Republican lawmakers. It’s not certain how serious the investigation will be as agencies which are supposed to be impartial show themselves to be quite biased when it comes to progressive agendas. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was very disappointed with the… Read More The bias inherent in the system
Have you ever paused to wonder how many things we do that seem completely normal to us are, in fact, great evil? This is one of the mysteries of the human condition: we are terribly effective justifiers. We can make excuses for anything, especially once we have already done it. We are marvelously wicked in… Read More Choose life
Anyone who has tried to move away from the grip of the Standard American Diet knows it. Even more, anyone who’s tried to explain that fresh air, sunlight and losing some weight are helpful ways to combat COVID knows it. What do they know? That the definition of what it means to be healthy seems to… Read More A picture of health
There was a recent scuffle between the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and her archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, after he barred her from being communed at Catholic churches in her Californian diocese. Archbishop Cordileone had warned Speaker Pelosi for a number of years that as a prominent Catholic, she could not hold a pro-abortion position… Read More No respect
Writer Aaron Renn has published an article for First Things about the declining status of Christianity in America. Writing from an Evangelical viewpoint, Renn argues that Christians in the recent past were viewed positively by the culture. Today, he says, Christianity is seen as a liability in modern America. While the methods of growing the church in past decades –… Read More In negative territory
News out of California last week..San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa Boudin was ousted from his post in a recall election. Left-leaning media blamed the result on fear-mongering and buckets of cash given by businesses. Some suggested that the long Republican tenure through recent history had made the state too conservative to know progress when it sees it. Boudin comes… Read More A fifth column
Have you ever felt a twinge of guilt, walking by that pile of books you been meaning to read? A curious post from Farnham Street blog might make you feel better! The writer suggests that unread books are the whole point of building a library – the more you know, the more you want to know. Could… Read More The anti-library
