Many people are unaware that our own musical scale has a Byzantine counterpart, as indicated below: Western (Solfège): Do re mi fa so la ti do Greek (Byzantine): ?? (pa), ??? (vou), ?? (gha), ?? (thee), ?? (ke), ?? (zo), ?? (knee), ?? (pa)For those interested in learning it so as to begin to . . . . Continue Reading »
My oldest child just turned thirteen. In honor of that occasion, here is my top ten list of parenting books. 1. The Bible If you could have only one book for parenting, you would want a Bible. To start, it is a great bedtime story book. The stories are vivid, dramatic, romantic, . . . . Continue Reading »
(a recycled post from another life)Though a good number of modern liberals whom I’ve read make specific appeals to Schleiermacher for their sentiments about God and the nature of Christianity, few make any appeal to the origins of their ethical foundations. While many positive statements are . . . . Continue Reading »
If you wanted to undermine human exceptionalism and interfere with human thriving, a splendid way would be to elevate nature to the moral value of human beings, almost a person, or at least, a rights bearing entity. And indeed, the drive toward what could be described . . . . Continue Reading »
If you wanted to undermine human exceptionalism and interfere with human thriving, a splendid way would be to elevate nature to the moral value of human beings, almost a person, or at least, a rights bearing entity. The drive toward what could be described as . . . . Continue Reading »
A brief item of self-promotion: PoMoCon readers who happen to understand Dutch may be interested in a new volume, Conservatieve Vooruitgang recently published by Prometheus. It’s a greatest-hits tour of 20th century conservative thought, with an emphasis on libertarian, pluralist, and . . . . Continue Reading »
I thought this cartoon was funny—which proves that I am getting . . . . Continue Reading »
The remains of a previously unknown human species have been discovered in Siberia. Provisionally called Homonym, it is distinguished from Homo sapiens by its relative inability to spell . . . . Continue Reading »
As I have repeatedly reported here and elsewhere, some bioethicists and others in the transplant community seek permission to harvest patients’ organs before they are dead. The latest example is in the Winter 2010 edition of Lahey Clinical Journal of Medical Ethics, in which Brown . . . . Continue Reading »
For those of you who might have to suffer a ridiculously “inclusive” sermon this Sunday and hear some preacher speak of “Godself” in order to avoid saying “Himself,” something that may lessen the pain: A young friend, Ethan Cordray, writes that when he hears . . . . Continue Reading »
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