First, I’m still sparring with transhumanism on BIG THINK . The new post includes a penetrating comment by our John. And thanks to John for the most enjoyable and LONG post below. I’m getting to it. . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing for the National Post, veteran Canadian journalist Robert Fulford has noticed something interesting about the uprisings sweeping the Arab world: “In this widespread Arab movement, the most surprising role has been played by Israel, which has played no role at all. That’s the . . . . Continue Reading »
The internet, 24 hours television and things of this sort are a goldmine for the armchair philosopher, i.e. virtual bullshitter. In the past the philosopher had folk with whom he could share the deepest of longings, or if not that, he could at least find witty repartee with others. He shared the . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the terrible things about euthanasia and food and fluids cases, is the readiness by which many are willing to make despairing totally disabled people dead, that is, people who are fully conscious but completely paralyzed. Indeed, recently Belgian doctors euthanized such a woman, and . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a child I developed a strong regret over the irreversibility of time’s passage. Although one genre of science fiction is preoccupied with the notion of time travel, and though there seems to be something, if Einstein is to be believed, to the possibility of accelerating or slowing . . . . Continue Reading »
Nature has polled researchers who work with animals about the need for research and the impact that animal rights advocacy has had on their profession. Here is a sampling. From ” Battle Scars,” (24 FEBRUARY 2011 | VOL 470 | NATURE | 453, no link):More than 90% of respondents . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Would Your Manners Cut It in the Victorian Era? So, you love the Brontës and can’t resist a good 19th-century costume drama. But do you have the manners to survive in the Victorian era? Now you can find out, in a delightful video game from the McCord Museum in Montreal, which sends you . . . . Continue Reading »
Mike Huckabee recently criticized two Protestant churches that allowed Muslims to worship in their facilities by saying that Islam “is the antithesis of the gospel of Christ.” Naturally, the mainstream media thought that was an outrageous remark. My Eastern Orthodox friend John Mark . . . . Continue Reading »
Georgia readers of this blog might want to pencil in some of the following dates (or use whatever new-fangled calendar system they have). Next weekend (March 3, 4, and 5), the Drama Ministry of Oak Grove United Methodist Church will be presenting Marsha Norman’s Traveler in the Dark . . . . . Continue Reading »
I am going to, perhaps, take a different approach to this dispute than some of my very good friends. A baby in Canada, known as Baby Joseph, has an incurable neurological disease that will result in his eventual death. The hospital wants to unilaterally remove him from life support . . . . Continue Reading »
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