My Own Thoughts

I don’t care who says he doesn’t. When you don’t vote for a bill that would have protected born babies, you’re supporting infanticide. A Princeton professor offers a calm and detailed look at Obama’s history.

Maybe these are why my doctor said I need more Vitamin D. Science Daily says In a paper published in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Norman identifies vitamin D’s potential for contributions to good health in the adaptive and innate immune systems, the secretion and regulation of insulin by the [...]

I’ve been telling my sons that for years. My mother says I “brainwashed” them. But it turns out, I was telling them true. Reuter’s has the article. Total brain volume decreased as alcohol consumption rose, the researchers found, and the relationship was stronger for women. “Alcohol is absorbed more rapidly in women than in men, [...]

An eighth grade textbook from Racine, Wisconsin: I just found out that my son’s new (copyright 2008) Wisconsin – McDougal Littell Literature book has 15 pages covering Barack Obama. I was shocked – No John McCain, no Hillary Clinton, no George Bush – Just Barack Obama. I’m wondering how it is that Obama’s story gets [...]

Erin O’Connor talks of academic freedom and William Ayers in an article that begins: Academic freedom does not mean “freedom from criticism.” But there are a lot of academics who would like it to mean that–and who respond to public criticism with cries that the criticism threatens academic freedom. The cries have grown especially loud [...]

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde via Happy Catholic

Governor Sarah Palin was on Rush’s show today and his last question indicates he thinks they aren’t going to win. He asked her if she has thought of her future political career. If she were going to be VP for the next four years, that would be enough to think about.