June 26, 2008
You Can’t Fuel All the People All the Time
The sometimes caustic, but always insightful Ann Coulter hit a home run today in her column.
Blogs - The Point
June 19, 2008
‘As Long As It Doesn’t Hurt Anyone Else’
Two brilliant examples today of why silly phrases such as "Everyone can choose their own morality/religion/worldview, as long as it doesn't hurt someone else" fail what I called in my book "The Test of the Real World." Some ideas sound great when you hear them, or look fine on paper, until they meet the real world of the human predicament.
June 17, 2008
Amused to Death?
Neal Postman wrote in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death that entertainment has made us silly. Not every form of entertainment per se, but once entertainment becomes the primary means of any and all communication then the important is swallowed in the trivial. Entertainment is addictive, make us care about things that do not matter, while distracting us from things…
June 07, 2008
The Media and Barak Obama
A few weeks ago, Saturday Night Live did a parody of how the media swoons over Barak Obama. It was really, really funny. Basically, the skit was a debate between Obama and Hillary. After the reporter asked Hillary Clinton a very tough policy question, the question for Obama was "Can I get you a glass of water." When Obama replies,…
June 03, 2008
Mike Adams Responds to Sam Harris
Atheist Sam Harris' book, Letter to a Christian Nation, is a silly rant using baseless claims. A terrific response to this book was posted today by Townhall.com columnist and UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams. Mike will be joining the Summt faculty in Colorado for a session this summer.