Wilfred McClay on the relationship between our souls and our built environments : Even with all our prosperity and freedom, there is much that is amiss in the ways we live today—not only in our individual lives, but in the larger patterns of habitation that we have devised for ourselves. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Understanding Congress’s solution to the federal deficit problem, says Philip Greenspun , is easier to understand if we divide everything by 100 million: We have a family that is spending $38,200 per year. The family’s income is $21,700 per year. The family adds $16,500 in credit card . . . . Continue Reading »
Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist at C.U.N.Y., explains why he thinks quantum physics affects the debate about free will and determinism. One of the problems I have with such physics-based explanations is that they do not address how the human will relates to physical matter. Without addressing . . . . Continue Reading »
The anti humanism of radical environmentalism drew me into discussing this issue. And it is rampant. It is one thing when an Earth Liberation Front anarchist spouts the old misanthropy. And you can find blogs that say anything, I know. But when educated scientists do it, . . . . Continue Reading »
In case you missed it: Ecuador and Bolivia have granted (literally) “rights” to “nature,” that are co-equal with those of humans. And Bolivia has stated it will soon try to obtain a UN Treaty doing the same. Don’t roll your eyes. There are some very . . . . Continue Reading »
Sam Harris is the poor man’s Richard Dawkins, and he was recently at Notre Dame University to debate whether or not God is the source of morality. In an amusing and at time affecting meditation on the entire phenomenon of our Latter Day Atheists and their determined efforts to set science . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written about the ubiquitous media bias in the stem cell/cloning debates so often that I feel like I am trying to empty the ocean with a cup. But it is worth noting that my Discover Institute colleague, David Klinghoffer, take a good swing at it today in NRO—and connects. From . . . . Continue Reading »
When citizens engage each other in the public square, we generally begin with the assumption that everyone has the intention of being intellectually honest. We might be duped, misguided, or otherwise just plain wrong, but we take for grated that everyone believes the claims they are making. To . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the most infuriating aspects for me in the embryonic stem cell debates has been the continual hype lying I have seen—indeed, personally witnessed—by scientists. I say lying because that is a knowing and willful misstatement of fact, as opposed to hype, which is an exaggeration or . . . . Continue Reading »
“He is a great friend of mine,” the man was saying, “a really fine fellow . . . good old what’s-his-name.”At that moment I could not help questioning the depth of the friendship. Now it is possible the man was suffering one of those lapses of memory that grow all too . . . . Continue Reading »
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