Dr. Peter Gott writes a widely syndicated newspaper column giving medical advice, competing for space with Dear Abby , crossword puzzles, and Doonesbury . In his column published in my local paper this morning (see it in a different paper here ) he takes up the matter of stem cells, and . . . . Continue Reading »
If ain’t so now, it may be one day soon. So argues this splendid piece by George Weigel at NRO. . . . . Continue Reading »
I really appreciated Bishop James Conley’s “On the Square” article yesterday, ” America’s Atheocracy .” In fact, I like every bit of it, with the exception of one short paragraph: It is true: the Constitution that Americas founders would later draft . . . . Continue Reading »
At Public Discourse this week, an interesting trifecta: in Monday’s installment, Michael Novak, in ” Religious Liberty and the Development of Doctrine in Islam ,” predicts: By the year 2020, rough and painful human experience will lead the Islamic nations of the Mediterranean . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day the Chronicle of Higher Education had a lengthy article about the work of the “neurophilosopher” Patricia Churchland, with a few critics heard from but for the most part praising her, on the occasion of her new book Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the next headline I expect, after the recent spate of “lesbian bloggers” revealed to be really middle-aged straight guys . . . . . Continue Reading »
If you have ever wondered whether the conversations going on in philosophy departments have anything to say to us folks outside them, an encouraging answer came in a three-part series last week at Public Discourse by Matthew O’Brien and Robert Koons, both of the University of Texas. . . . . Continue Reading »
While much of our attention (well, mine anyway) is focused on the question whether same-sex marriage will be foisted on the American people by judicial ideologues, the T in LGBT (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgendered) continues to pop up in the news in odd and disturbing ways. This morning . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of months ago, Inside Higher Ed published an article by Joshua Wolff making a passionate case that many Christian colleges, in adhering to the traditions of faith and Scripture on sexual morality, do harm to their homosexual students. Wolff concluded that “accrediting bodies . . . . Continue Reading »
You may already have seen it, but if not, have a look at this New York Times article from last weekend, ” Debate Over Intelligent Design Ensnares a Journal .” It’s a sordid tale of sneering and prejudice, dressed up in the costume of academic philosophy—and of the good . . . . Continue Reading »
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