Science & Technology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Je suis Charlie, Once More
Less than one year old and stricken with a rare degenerative disease, Charlie Gard is on life…
Three Culture of Death Tipping Points
Pope John Paul II once famously described Western society as a “culture of death.” But what does…
Time for a “Populist” Bioethics Commission
Donald Trump has been president for less than five months, but his plate is already full: Iran,…
Bret Stephens and the Climate Change Center
Bret Stephens seemed to be playing it safe. True, his inaugural column at the New York Times…
Bill Nye Unweaves the Rainbow—and Undersells Science
I grew up watching two science shows: Bill Nye the Science Guy and The Magic School Bus. When I was…
A Life of Being-in-the-World
The profession of philosophy lost one of its most distinguished members with the death of Hubert Dreyfus…
The Real “Anti-Science”
When Bill Nye the Science Guy complains of a war being waged on science, he should look…
Al Gore’s Holy Anger
When asked how he dealt with hostile skeptics, Al Gore first advised against returning anger with anger.…
Creation Careless
In 2008, I argued in Creation Care magazine that John McCain was the only candidate who could…
“Speciesism” Opens the Door to Bigotry
Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer popularized “speciesism,” a derogatory term for the belief that it is acceptable to…
The Pig-Man Isn’t
There has been much handwringing about the news that scientists injected human stem cells into pig embryos,…
Bioethics in 2017
Aside from Donald Trump’s call to “repeal and replace” Obamacare and Hillary Clinton’s promise to repeal the…
My Orange Juice Came from Brazil
A couple of weeks ago when I was having breakfast, I noticed that my “not from concentrate”…
Kingdom of Language
The Kingdom of Speechby tom wolfelittle, brown and company, 192 pages, $26 Despite its title, Tom Wolfe’s…
A “Merciless Assault on Human Dignity”
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my…
