Science & Technology
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The Miracle of Evolution
There are two fundamentally different battles raging in the current debates about evolution. The first pits nearly…
The Designs of Science
In July 2005 the New York Times published my short essay “Finding Design in Nature.” The reaction…
The Posthuman Future
The term “posthuman” is gaining a certain cachet. There is, for instance, Francis Fukuyama’s recent book, Our…
Keeping Rogue Science Rogue
There has been a lot of tongue-biting by pro-lifers in connection with the most recent report of…
A Noble Failure
Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case For Classical Liberalismby Richard A. Epstein.University of Chicago Press. 311 pp.…
The Soul of Steven Pinker
It is not entirely a straw man that he is attacking. For a long time now, especially…
The Antipolitical Temptation
Nothing is more human than discontent with the human condition. And few aspects of human life inspire…
The Best Bioethics That Money Can Buy
“A bioethicist is to ethics what a whore is to sex.” That judgment by a friend who…
Between Beasts and God
Near the beginning of the twenty-fourth and last Book of Homer’s Iliad, called by Simone Weil “the…
Good News from the Court
Good News v. Milford is very good news indeed for advocates of school vouchers and faith-based organizations…
Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization
When Karl Barth was at the height of his fame and productivity in the years between 1930…
L’Chaim and Its Limits: Why Not Immortality?
You don’t have to be Jewish to drink L’Chaim, to lift a glass “To Life.” Everyone in…
Briefly Noted 31
The Spirit of the Liturgyby joseph cardinal ratzingertranslated by john saward, ignatius, 232 pages, $23.77 The Church…
Overcoming the Scandal of the Christian Mind
How Now Shall We Live? by charles colson and nancy pearcey tyndale, 656 pages, $14.49 In 1993,…
Harry Potter’s Magic
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by j. k. rowling scholastic, 320 pages, $7.14 Harry Potter and…
