The Journal of Medical Ethics Imitates South Park (By Advocating “After-Birth Abortions”)

I have only started to read the article by Alberto Guibilini and Francesca Minerva, entitled (risibly) After-Birth Abortion: why should the ...

Christina H. Vents on Anti-Asian American Racism

This Cracked article isn’t very funny, but I think for the most part it is pretty insightful: 4 Things the Jeremy Lin Story Reveals About Mo...

So if Sea World is Slavery, Then Isn’t This Genocide?

On petard hoisted : Documents published online this month show that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization known for i...

Friday Frivolity: The Cheap Death Star Edition…

I have disagreed with Kevin Drum a lot over the years, but geekery can bring people together, so we get this from him yesterday : As backgro...

Fisking Erika Christakis; or “How You Are Infringing on my Right to a Pony”

So there is some howling today because over at Time Magazine, Erika Christakis has advocated that if you really feel strongly about opposin...

Just a Reminder: Obama WANTS High Gas Prices (With Video Proof)

So today we see, via ABC news a report on gas prices where during the report itself they saw the station behind them raise prices by ten cen...

The Fundamental Arrogance of Ron Paul’s Isolationism

Normally, I don’t like to pay much attention to Ron Paul.  He isn’t going to be the nominee, and his positions on foreign policy are so wild...

Observations on Jeremy Lin and Anti-Asian-American Prejudice (and False Alarms)

So apparently this is the theme of the day, bigotry towards Asian Americans.  Indeed, when I was watching last weekend’s Saturday Night Live...

Wringing Good Out of the Evil of Whitney Houston’s Death

Update: Prompted by a comment  by JD over at Patterico's, I have to say this is probably the best way to remember her. What a fabulous v...

Once Again, the Obamacare Mandate is a Violation of Freedom of Speech

Update: Obama just announced his "compromise" which is pretty much what was predicted and as usual pretends everyone is playing po...