Last week marked the 10-year anniversary of the infamous Obergefell Supreme Court decision that forced legal acceptance of same-sex marriage on all the states. The decision was a disaster from a number of standpoints. I found a couple of good articles that discuss the decision and its implications. In particular, […]
Duke Sidesteps Anti-Discrimination Rulings By Coaching Applicants
The cultural Marxists are not going to give up the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts willingly. A prime example is how Duke Law School coached its minority applicants to use their essay so reviewers are signaled they are worthy of special considerations. Hospital systems like Cone still push their “health […]
Good News: NC Taxpayers No Longer Have To Pay For Transgender Treatments
This is the result of the US Supreme Court vacating previous rulings requiring the state to provide this coverage in its State Health Plan. What courts had issued these rulings? A U.S. District Court judge and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Readers will recall that the circuit court […]
Plot To Depose RFK, Jr.
The culprit is apparently a trade association comprised of drug companies. This is fairly remarkable with regard to the degree of brazenness. I don’t know if it will achieve its desired purpose.
VDH At Hillsdale’s Commencement
Hillsdale has certain strengths that the vast majority of colleges and universities lack. These same strengths can be– and sometimes are– found at Christian colleges and universities. Victor Davis Hanson speaks of these strengths but also applies them to the current moment of counter-revolution: (HT: Fred)
NYC Mayoral Candidate
He makes himself seem like such a nice guy in the TV commercials. But temperance, forbearance, statesmanship, restraint were all thrown out the window during this episode: And here is more background information: He is a “true believer” socialist. But “Seizing the means of production” is communism. That fact, and […]
Refresher On What They Did To Us
This guy might seem a bit rough around the edges, but he is almost precisely right about what they pulled several years ago in response to Covid-19: (HT: Fred)
North Carolina’s Response to Hurricane Helene and “Rightly Ordered Love”
Brittany Farrell has a great article in Family North Carolina magazine about the response by North Carolina citizens to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. She describes the doctrinal concept of ordo amaris that suggests we must first help those closest to us. She particularly discusses Baptists on Mission (formerly […]
Tillis Is Out
Breitbart reports. He takes most pride in liberal measures he helped advance– eugenics compensation and more funding for mental health at the federal level. When he was first vying for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate twelve years ago, I said we might be stuck with him for decades. I […]