Have A Wonderful Thanksgiving

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• An Argument for Personhood from Conception February 18, 2012
  An argument for full human personhood from the moment of conception: An adult human being is the end result of the continuous growth of the organism from conception. At no point, from conception to adulthood, is there a change in the essential nature of the fetus from non-person to person. Therefore, one is a person from the point of conception onward. Adapt […]
  Adam Omelianchuk
• Mandates, religious freedom, and the strange (hypothetical) case of the Muslim bigot car-shop owner [UPDATED and UPDATED again] February 18, 2012
  Bill Quick believes me confused. Me, I believe Bill has lost his way. To wit: in an attempt to push back against the religious conscience objections to the government mandating of insurer-provided “free” abortifacients and contraceptives, Bill writes: So…Allah’s Auto Body, a business owned by the local mosque, refuses to repair Henry Finklestein’s car, becau […]
  Jeff G.
• Who needs a leash when you have a dog controller? February 18, 2012
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  Abraham Piper
• The Virginia law and the 12th century February 18, 2012
  copyrightFather Orthoduck has been having an offline conversation with a friend over the Virginia law. For those of you who are not aware, pro-life legislators approved a bill that requires a trans-vaginal ultrasound before a woman can have an abortion. That particular requirement has been causing a lot of upheaval around the country. Fr. Orthoduck and his f […]
  Fr. Orthoduck
• Saturday Steyn February 18, 2012
  Just a taste:  Testifying before Congress, Timmy Geithner referred only to “demographic challenges” — an oblique allusion to the fact that the U.S. economy is about to be terminally clobbered by $100 trillion of entitlement obligations it can never meet. And, as Chart 5-1 on page 58 of the official Obama budget “Analytical Perspectives” makes plain, your fec […]
  Kathryn Jean Lopez
• Heartlandgate Versus Climategate February 18, 2012
  There are some key differences between Climategate 1.0 and 2.0, where emails from scientists and their hangers on were leaked, and Heartlandgate (am I the first to use this appallingly over-used extension?). First, the Climategate emails were real, all too real. Heartland’s wee cache of documents included one ham-handed, too goofy-for-words, fake. The Atlant […]
  Briggs
• One More Stupid Meme February 18, 2012
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  Jussi
• On watch February 18, 2012
  U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Ryan Snyder and David Lambert provide security from their defensive position as the sun sets during Operation Shahem Tofan Eagle Storm in the Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2012. Snyder and Lambert are assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodd […]
  blackfive@gmail.com (Pundit Review Radio)
• America's 19 most charitable corporations February 18, 2012
  As a part of the "DenierGate", green activists at Think Progress have created a list of 19 most charitable corporations in America (using the Heartland Institute documents). These great companies have donated several pennies and – in some cases even several dollars – to the Heartland Institute. A fraction of a penny if not whole pennies out of thes […]
  Luboš Motl
• Diane Ellis, Ed. : Friday Night Conundrum: What Is the Role of Morality in Politics? February 18, 2012
  In a speech delivered to the International Academy of Philosophy in Liechtenstein in 1993, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn asked, "What is the role, the justifiable and necessary share of morality in politics?"He continued: Moral impulses among statesmen have always been weaker than political ones, but in our time the consequences of their decisions have gr […]
  Diane Ellis, Ed.
• Solyndra docs: Summers had qualms February 18, 2012
  Officials were second-guessing whether Obama should trumpet Solyndra's exports to Australia. […]
  DARREN SAMUELSOHN
• Stealing Laptops For Class Credit February 18, 2012
  First time accepted submitter core_tripper writes "Students at the University of Twente have stolen thirty laptops from various members of the university's staff. They were not prosecuted for this, so they could just get on with their studies. Indeed, these students even received ECTS credits for these thefts. UT researcher Trajce Dimkov asked the […]
  timothy
• About the Privacy February 18, 2012
  --by Sebastian While I'm on Kevin Drum day, he makes a great post about the general unease he has with the semi creepy dossier that Target gets on its customers: Charles Duhigg has a fascinating story in the New York Times Magazine this week that's all about the way retailers use data mining and microtargeting to sell you more stuff. Among other th […]
  Sebastian
• A Great Issue for Federalism February 18, 2012
  --by Sebastian I read Kevin Drum almost every day, and today he hit a bunch of issues that I think are worth thinking about.  One of them is this one.  It talks about Obama's vexing about face on medical marijuana.  In light of recent discussions, it strikes me that this is a perfect area for federalism.  The federal government could choose to take itse […]
  Sebastian
• On budget, Paul Ryan is the adult Barack Obama claims to be February 17, 2012
  Well before Memorial Day, the Obama administration will achieve a dubious distinction, having accumulated more debt in those 40 months than George W. Bush accumulated in 96.  With the Treasury Secretary acknowledging yesterday that his team (i.e., the administration) doesn’t have a “definitive solution” to the nation’s growing debt problem, we now know that […]
  B. Daniel Blatt