Matt Lewis interviewed me on his podcast today:
http://www.mattlewis.org/?p=2908
We talked about The Evangelical Outpost, the piece I wrote for CNN last year, the fading influence of Conservatism’s intellectual tradition, and Proud to Be Right, the book I’ve been working on with Jonah Goldberg and Adam Bellow. Please take a few moments to [...]
Rasmussen announced yesterday that Americans agree with the tenets of the Tea Party movement more than with President Obama “on most major issues” by 48%-44%. Additionally, The Hill reports that 40% of Tea Partiers identify themselves as Democrats or Independents.
This is hardly surprising in the wake of the healthcare bill’s unpopularity, and it reminds one [...]
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The FDA will soon release its latest findings on the plastic-strengthening chemical, bisphenol A (BPA). As I’ve written before, BPA’s supposed health risks have been highly publicized to the benefit of both businessmen and politicians-so much to their benefit, in fact, that it would be hard to believe all the rumors even if the FDA, [...]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Remember this post about PETA’s fishy fundraising scheme? I’m not the only one who noticed. Apparently PETA is just as selective with its corporate friends as with its animal friends. From Human Events:
Americans know the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for its wild publicity stunts in the name of protecting cows, chickens, and [...]
Monday, September 7, 2009
When scientific evidence becomes a commodity, it is cheapened and easily misused, making it difficult for anyone to sort life-saving facts from fiction. Remember this story about the “scientifically based” scare tactics used to market Bisphenol A -free plastics? Thanks to the efforts of Fenton Communications, the liberal marketing firm behind the “General Betray Us” [...]
Republicans are at a big disadvantage these days - not only because Conservatives are out of power, but also because they have a less-than-desirable image. It won’t be enough to just elect a lot of Republicans to Congress in 2010; it’s essential that we elect the sort of Republicans who will not only vote conservatively [...]