Following is the text of Cornwall Alliance’s first “From the Stacks” livestream program with Founder and National Spokesman E. Calvin Beisner on Facebook, April 7, 2020. We post it here because Internet technical problems made some parts inaudible to viewers. Today, let’s talk about the novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, and our governments’ responses to it. I’m going to argue that our governing authorities need to expand the sources from whom they seek advice about how to deal with this … [Read more...]
Good Motives, Bad Results
A nineteenth-century philologist (Richard Chevenix [a delightful name!] Trench, in his book Synonyms of the New Testament) called "Hell is paved with good intentions" the "queen of proverbs." That came to mind about halfway through R.R. Reno's "Say 'No' to Death's Dominion," in First Things. Reno begins by quoting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: "I want to be able to say to the people of New York—I did everything we could do. And if everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy. … [Read more...]
WaPo Picks and Chooses with a Purpose
That's part of my daily email from the Washington Post today. We'll ignore the first story, a swipe at President Trump for doing what WaPo would criticize him for not doing had he not done it---asking leaders of big businesses to help fight the pandemic. The second explains "stay-at-home" orders and the penalties people can suffer for disregarding them---with nary a thought about civil liberties. It's the third one that caught my eye. 9/11 (of 2001) is, of course, an unforgettable day for … [Read more...]