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A skeptic's return to faith 26 Aug 2013 | 05:37 am
It’s often the case what is right is not easy, and it’s always the broad primrose path that leads to destruction. There’s nothing new about that. If it’s easy it’s probably wrong, if it’s difficult it...
TR's advice on citizenship and republican polity 26 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
The Imaginative Conservative has posted the text of Teddy Roosevelt's well-known 1910 speech "Citizenship in a Republic." TR's legacy has a rather complicated relationship with modern conservatism, w...
Elmore Leonard's rules for writing 26 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am
The recently deceased crime-thriller novelist had a list of basic writing tips that apply well across a range of different writing task: RIP, Elmore Leonard: The Beloved Author's Ten Rules of Writing...
A tough, prayerful and heroic lady 25 Aug 2013 | 07:52 am
That's how I would describe Antoinette Tuff, the woman who prayed and ministered to a would-be school shooter, convincing him to surrender instead of carrying out his intended plan of violence. The P...
President calls for 2 year law school programs 24 Aug 2013 | 04:06 am
Here's the story, courtesy of ABC News. For what it's worth, I think the president is on the right track here, but I would go a step or two further. What really needs to happen is for law school needs...
Arrest made in the Delbert Belton homicide case 23 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
World War II combat veteran and all around nice guy Delbert Belton was beaten to death in Spokane, Washington on Wednesday night in the parking lot of a local Eagles hall, where he was waiting to meet...
A Catholic revival in Norway 23 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
The distant homeland of some of my ancestors appears to be experiencing an upswing in the Catholic faith: Some Norwegian Catholics. (Hat tip to A Conservative Blog for Peace.) Good news for that histo...
Should churches be taxed? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:29 pm
That question is posed over at the TaxProf Blog: Taxing Churches. As a general rule, I am opposed to taxing churches or church-equivalents (like mosques or synagogues or temples) for the simple reaso...
Thursday legal news links 23 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Should law school administrators be subject to professional discipline for targeting students with deceptive marketing? There's a scholarly roundup addressing that question over at the TaxProf Blog. ....
Well, there's another movie I won't be seeing 23 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
Ben Affleck cast as the new Batman.
