A friend, working his way again through Moby Dick writes me to say that the book contains “the greatest description of the American soul,” in the first paragraph of Chapter 49: There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this . . . . Continue Reading »
Randy Pausch, famous for his “last lecture,” has died . Mr. Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. His popular last lecture at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007 garnered international attention and was viewed by millions on the Internet. In it, Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »
We have had both sides of Proposition 2, that would among other animal husbandry matters, eradicate the use of cages for chickens. The prime mover behind the initiative is the Humane Society of the United States—the nation’s wealthiest animal rights group (as I view it) that . . . . Continue Reading »
After making an emergency landing in the Philippines, passengers of the Quanta flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne today described their experience of the plane’s in-flight accident thus: “There was an almighty crack,” and, “There was a big bang.” Thankfully . . . . Continue Reading »
Living in the San Francisco Bay area is a surrealistic experience, and the looniness of the more extreme denizens could take up most of the space here at SHS. Two local controversies have involved whether to put suicide barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge and another is the coddling of tree-sitting . . . . Continue Reading »
Two interesting articles in the Wall Street Journal today. One about Bobby Jindal’s path from Hinduism to Christianity to Catholic Christianity: Mr. Jindal’s roommate at Brown University became his baptism sponsor. His parents did not attend the ceremony, which he says was . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been very critical of Advanced Cell Technology, believing it to be a publicity seeking enterprise that used press releases to raise venture capital for morally problematic research into human cloning, ESC, the like, while at the same time, it tried to manipulate the political system to create . . . . Continue Reading »
I think too many scientific types want to control the world: And we shouldn’t let them.Latest example: Two physicians writing in the British Medical Journal have urged members to seek to dissuade couples from having more than two children—to fight global warming. From the story: Two . . . . Continue Reading »
I told you all this was coming, and here it is. A California woman named Janet Rivera, age 46, who we are told is unconscious, has a family who want her to continue to receive food and water. Her husband was even her guardian. But he was removed as guardian and a total stranger—the county . . . . Continue Reading »
Brian Brown, from the National Organization for Marriage , sends along the following: At 10:00am next Wednesday, July 30th, pastors and church leaders from across California will join together with their colleagues in Florida and Arizona, forming a “Pastors Rapid Response Team” to . . . . Continue Reading »
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