Did Jesus not realize that Noah was a mythical person?That peculiar question arose last week in the comment thread on David B. Hart’s OTS article where I defended the historicity of Noah. Several readers expressed shock that any purportedly educated Christian could believe that the ark-builder . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Chronicle of Higher Education literary critic Terry Eagleton writes an interesting if confused article in praise (and defense) of Marx (once again for the umpteenth time). It comes across as a précis of his new book outlining Why Marx Was Right , which he says is a timely endeavor in . . . . Continue Reading »
What a disaster. Now patients are denied expensive drugs for treatment of serious conditions. From the story:Family doctors are being prevented from prescribing drugs for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis as NHS managers attempt to make drastic budget cuts, an . . . . Continue Reading »
Utter madness: First, under the influence of American radical environmentalists, Ecuador put the “rights of nature” into its constitution, co-equal with those of humans. I missed this, but apparently a few months ago, Bolivia did likewise. And now, an attempt will be . . . . Continue Reading »
G. K. Chesterton had a way with words. Some of my favorite quotes come from him, and that includes a quote about fairy tales. The quote is usually stated like this: “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday at Public Discourse , Archbishop Charles Chaput argued that we must keep in perspective the onslaught of offenses to traditional Christian life—threats to religion from the secular world, science unrestrained by ethics, and corrupted power—in relation to the most fundamental . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week I mentioned pending anti-abortion legislation that is based on medical and scientific evidence that unborn babies at 20 weeks can feel intense pain when they are aborted . Anyone interested in learning more about the subject should check out Family Research Council’s free . . . . Continue Reading »
This is nice. But first, a little background.One of the fights in the Terri Schiavo case involved attempts by the family to obtain rehabilitation for her, which she had not received for years before her death. The family had declarations from very well regarded rehab experts who stated under . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette has a good column out today that touches on an issue we have discussed often here at SHS—the politicization of science and academia—that is, the corruption of their core missions. The story in question concerns a California researcher who blew the whistle on a . . . . Continue Reading »
I pay a lot of attention to the ways people speak because words have always fascinated me. I continue to remember the day, nearly 20 years ago, when my father watched undergrads walking from downtown Athens onto the UGA campus and remarked, “There go the students entering into the portals of . . . . Continue Reading »
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