The point of teaching is to clarify, to bring the truth to light so that the student might understand it. Unless the truth is not that something is , only something that might be . In this case, the teacher might seek to “complicate,” “contextualize,” . . . . Continue Reading »
In the last debate between Senators Obama and Clinton, the candidates were asked what their greatest mistake had been. Clinton went to her Iraq vote but Obama said it was his agreeing to the federal law that tried to save Terri Schiavo’s life. He stated:I think professionally, the biggest . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Cizik, who is Vice-President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, has created quite a stir among his constituency by breaking ranks with the NAE’s neutrality on issues of climate change (a.k.a. “global warming”). Using the language of . . . . Continue Reading »
What passes for health care these days in the UK keeps going from bad to worse. The latest bad news is a surge in deaths caused by hospital acquired infection. From The Guardian story:A 72% increase in deaths linked to the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile was disclosed yesterday by the Office . . . . Continue Reading »
The Humane Society has outed itself as indifferent to human welfare. When the HSUS revealed abuses by a meat packer, leading to a massive meat recall, many applauded. But apparently, the HSUS kept the news of animal abuse and downer cows entering the food chain to themselves for months. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Haleigh Poutre, now 14, was on the verge of being dehydrated to death by court order. She was spared a potentially agonizing and slow death because she showed unmistakable signs of consciousness just prior to the deed being done.Now, apparently, she is talking. From the story: A motion filed in . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of SHS may recall the terrible San Luis Obispo case of a transplant surgeon named Hootan Roozrokh who is charged felonious wrongdoing in trying to kill a profoundly disabled patient so his organs could be procured under a “heart death” protocol. I wrote about the case here and . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . at least now that John Hagee is in his corner . For those of you who have not been counting down to Armageddon since that concatenation of false prophecy The Late Great Planet Earth hit bookstores back in 1970, John Hagee’s ministry consists of oversize illustrations of . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Latimer, perhaps because of public pressure, is being granted day parole in Canada. He murdered his daughter Tracy because she had cerebral palsy and became something of a folk hero in the process, seen as a loving father for killing his daughter.I have heard already from one Canadian woman . . . . Continue Reading »
This panel discussion from The Onion, has an interesting discussion of what animals should do to win the fight for their rights.A few of my favorite lines: “Animals need to stop eating each other and come to the table.”“What should PETA do to get these rights for . . . . Continue Reading »