The good people over at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity have asked me to comment on the CBHD blog and for permission to republish some of what I write here at Secondhand Smoke. It was my distinct pleasure to agree. So, starting now, you can also find me at bioethics.com, as well as entries from other thinkers in bioethics who support the equality of human life approach. Thanks CBHD! Your confidence means a lot.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…