Imagine if President Bush had appointed as a high adviser, a man who had once advocated eugenic forced abortion and the sterilization of people in developing countries. Congress would have held angry hearings! The press would have been at his house every morning demanding answers! . . . . Continue Reading »
“Must we really entrust the future of biomedical research in the United States to a man who sincerely believes that a scientific understanding of human nature is impossible?” So Sam Harris asks in the New York Times . Harris’ column has received various replies, including a note from . . . . Continue Reading »
The “cash for clunkers” program, which paid $4500 to consumers who traded in their old gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles, has crashed and burned in less than a week. From the story:Less than four days after launching a popular cash-for-clunkers program, the Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember those psychological studies that purported to show that having children doesn’t add to a person’s overall level of happiness ? A new, more nuanced, study provides a different perspective : According to the [“day reconstruction method”] DRM, people seem to spend an . . . . Continue Reading »
I have now had the opportunity to read the Debbie Purdy court ruling. First, it is clear that it did not create a right to assisted suicide. From the judgment:26. It must be emphasised at the outset that it is no part of our function to change the law in order to decriminalise assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Because Christians need their doors stopped, too.[Rating: 7 out of . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s all the time you’ve got, folks, to bid on this “ABSTRACT MODERN GOD METAL ART WALL SCULPTURE RELIGIOUS.”Now, I am puzzled. In a piece which bills itself as “abstract,” can you have a recognizable figure such as a cross? I am relieved, however, to discover . . . . Continue Reading »
This is PART TWO of the lecture I gave on “What Was History (with a Capital H)?” at the ISI Honors Symposium. The Christians rejected the Greek view of what a human being is—the natural being who makes history. For the Christians, the human being is not merely a part of nature or . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . to this Bible holder, also from Ethiopia:[Rating: 85 out of . . . . Continue Reading »
Something like Civil War re-enactments, but with a great deal more violence, Rome plays host to an annual replay of the barbarian invasion every summer. Precisely when every Roman who can decamps for beach or mountains, the world’s tourists descend on the city in impossibly large numbers. . . . . Continue Reading »
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