“It’s this integration of the mundane and the mythic that enables the trilogy to hold its readers in thrall,” explains Salon.com’s Laura Miller in Why We Can’t Get Enough of Stieg Larsson’s Hacker Heroine . I had picked up at the library the first book of . . . . Continue Reading »
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, “Jeroboam Sacrificing to the Golden Calf” (1752), École des Beaux-Arts, ParisWhat if the intractable problem of evil, in which evil and suffering make the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God extremely dubious, isn’t a problem after . . . . Continue Reading »
Belief: Readings on the Reason for FaithEdited by Francis S. CollinsHarperOne, 2010352 pp., $19.99What kind of flowers does Francis S. Collins—one of the world’s leading geneticists—gather? His new anthology, modestly entitled Belief, answers this bizarre question. The etymological . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine a world where humanity becomes better. Better in social context and better in biological content. That was and is the promise of the progressive movement. The social context is where we usually spend our time as we deal with progressives. They begin by presenting the Christian with the . . . . Continue Reading »
For whatever reason, the six-year venture of the Women’s Bioethics Project has come to an end with a recent announcement that they are closing their doors. But their work is not really finished, it is evolving. Kathryn Hinsch writes on the organization’s website:We need ways to . . . . Continue Reading »
1. BP is responsible for the gulf oil problem. No doubt.2. The Constitution has something to say about wrongs and payment:No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval . . . . Continue Reading »
A global warming alarmist from Australia named Tim Flannery, who was Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council, was interviewed about his own hysterical predictions that haven’t, shall we say, panned out. Flannery’s back peddling was so furious it could become a new source of . . . . Continue Reading »
Some good things, but mostly bad. I hate to say that about a Will Smith (co-producer) movie. But that’s the way it is.There was homage paid to the original Karate Kid. As a bit of parody, when (Mr. Han) Jackie Chan attempted to catch a fly with his chopsticks, he became frustrated with the . . . . Continue Reading »
So CNN clearly worked very hard to find Peter Singer in Melbourne, Australia, in order to interview him about the story that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett hope to convince the super rich give away half their money. That’s a good idea, and in keeping with what a lot of very successful . . . . Continue Reading »
Jenny McCartney, writing in the Telegraph, has a cogent warning about the consequences of a Western culture grown increasingly crass and heartless toward our brothers and sisters. First she tells of a suicidal man who was almost talked down from a bridge jump, until impatient motorists let him . . . . Continue Reading »
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