Is abortion a moral issue? I say yes. The unborn child is a living human being, albeit in the developing stage. Some say no, that the fetus is no more meaningful morally than a tumor. Indeed, a few have called it a parasite.Those who think abortion is no big deal may still be bothered by this . . . . Continue Reading »
Back in 2007, former Robert Reich told an audience at UC Berkeley what an “honest” presidential candidate would tell the country that health care reform would require.First, young people will have to pay more for their health insurance. No question there under Obamacare, because . . . . Continue Reading »
Last August the Large Hadron Collider, the giant particle accelerator in Europe, was set to begin smashing protons together in the hope of producing the long-sought Higgs boson. The Higgs particle is considered the missing link in the commonly accepted model of physics, so physicists were quite . . . . Continue Reading »
Now, many people who keep the porch light on at Halloween like to hand out items other than candy. Once, as a newlywed, I gravely underestimated how many mini Almond Joys my neighborhood’s population of pirates and Smurfettes was going to require, and was reduced to handing out pennies. These . . . . Continue Reading »
The health insurance industry has issued a report warning that under the current Senate version of Obamacare, the cost of private insurance will soar, apparently because the coverage requirement aspect has been weakened significantly. From the story:The study, done by PricewaterhouseCoopers . . . . Continue Reading »
The above tagline is from the new “Futurisms” blog over at The New Atlantis . If you haven’t had the chance to check it out, I highly recommend you do. The blog engages techies who reduce human cognition to the material processes of the brain and who hope to harness technology to . . . . Continue Reading »
http://www.theholylandreview.net/holyland/att_ver_st.jspAnalysing the Complex Situation Facing Arab Christiansby Edward PentinRome, October 13, 2009In a recent address in Westminster Cathedral, London, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, drew attention to the emigration of . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times Online declined to publish my scheduled column today. Here it is, unedited.Obama in Nightmare Alleyby SpenglerFull disclosure: I pray for President Obama weekly, in keeping with the Jewish practice to “seek the peace of the city.” But I do not believe he will stand up to the . . . . Continue Reading »
George Will argues that a political discourse dominated by “rights talk” is bound to overemphasize the thymotic component of moral life. If our moral landscape is entirely populated by rights bearing individuals who obsessively declare their entitlements then the . . . . Continue Reading »
Jagdish Bhagwati defends free markets against ” capitalism’s petty detractors “: Inevitably, the crisis on Wall Street has revived the never-ending notion that markets undermine morality. Oliver Stone, ever restless to recapture the days of former glory, has begun production on a . . . . Continue Reading »
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