Congratulations to FT contributor, Gerald Russello, whose book The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk has been named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 by Choice, the leading book review publication. Read Russello’s piece on the occasion of Russell Kirk’s ninetieth anniversary . . . . Continue Reading »
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council has picked up on my call to defend human exceptionalism. Here’s the link. I am most . . . . Continue Reading »
I have opined that there are three cultural paradigms that threaten to supplant traditional Judeo-Christian/humanistic values as the foundational value system of society; utilitarianism (which we have addressed often here at SHS), hedonism (which we have rarely addressed here), and radical . . . . Continue Reading »
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have . . . . Continue Reading »
So we’re back to reality : Pretty much nothing good came out of the Holocaust. . . . . Continue Reading »
I was contacted recently by Wellsphere and asked permission to have SHS linked to its site as “a top health blogger.” I was very pleased to agree. Wellsphere seems to be a cross between My Space and Beliefnet: There are many blogs on bioethics, medicine, and other matters that might be . . . . Continue Reading »
Jack Kevorkian was the ground breaker in modern times: A man made world famous helping people with disabilities, the terminally ill, and the existentially suffering kill themselves. For that, he now makes $50,000 a speech. In Australia, Philip Nitschke has counseled the suicides of people who were . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s Daily Article, features editor R.R. Reno discusses Big Science’s latest attempt to prove determinism right—and free will wrong. If anyone out there isn’t convinced that we’ll start seeing more of these kinds of studies, here’s another example taken . . . . Continue Reading »
The coalition against assisted suicide is made up of many branches that constitute a rare alliance among people on all sides of the ideological and religious/secular divides that are literally tearing this country and much of Western Civilization apart. Thus, disability rights . . . . Continue Reading »
During his visit to Israel last July, Barack Obama visited the southern city of Sderot, which for months had been plagued by rocket attacks from Hamas in Gaza. He said “If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything in my power to . . . . Continue Reading »
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