David Deutsch, controversial quantum physicist extraordinaire, lays into modern science in a big way (H/t: WGL3): I don’t know. I suspect it is related to a more general anti-rational phenomenon that was present in nearly all 20th-century philosophies, especially logical positivism, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Bomb threats should be called what they are: Death threats. Animal researchers at UC Davis are being threatened. From the story: Police at UC Davis are on high alert while they are investigating a threat made on a controversial Web site targeting two of the university’s researchers.According . . . . Continue Reading »
An international speaking tour aside, it’s hard to argue that the President Elect brings a wealth of real foreign policy experience with him to the Oval Office. Nevetheless, the activity of intimately directing a war can have a dramatic and transformative effect on one’s world . . . . Continue Reading »
In the January issue of First Things , we are proud to have Joseph Bottum and Fr. Richard John Neuhaus reflect on the current state of abortion politics in America. In “Abortion after Obama,” Bottum takes a hard look at the challenges facing the pro-life movement with the coming of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Culture of Death reaches into elementary school:Rat: I feel your pain but quitting is not the . . . . Continue Reading »
The media continue to report narratives (theirs) instead of stories. Here’s a headline you didn’t see, but should have: “Sea Ice Returns to 1979 Levels: Growth Is Fastest Rate of Change Ever.” From the notice at Daily Tech: Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global . . . . Continue Reading »
The media is at it again, pushing the stem cell line desired by a Big Biotech company. This story in the Chicago Tribune seems sparked by Geron’s publicity department rather than having been garnered through independent reporting. It’s about why the field has moved slowly and how Geron . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve just finished uploading another batch of photographs of Fr. Neuhaus onto the website. They are some of his—and our—personal favorites. . . . . Continue Reading »
The coup de culture is driving some of us out of our minds. This post has to do with the radical environmentalism/earth religion part of the triad of the New Western Order that includes as its other manifestation, utilitarianism and hedonism. A physicist has warned that we are destroying the planet . . . . Continue Reading »
A priest whose name shall not be mentioned emailed me this morning to remind me that in a week and two days "a new era in mankind will begin . . . " While millions of Americans cheerfully await the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama II there are a few of us who are not quite so . . . . Continue Reading »
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