In a recent edition of Literary Review , University of Liverpool professor Philip Davis describes his collaborations with neuroscientists in the study of how Shakespeare’s syntax affects our brains: Abbott (1838-1926) was one of the great Victorian schoolmasters, who wrote, at the age of . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the increasing secularism of modern society getting you down? Do you lament the loss of biblical literacy? Do you shed quiet tears when your well-timed comments about bricks without straw fall on deaf ears? Well, weep no more! Ignition Games has finally found a way of making the dusty old Bible . . . . Continue Reading »
I know I am spitting in the wind, but that’s my job. We permit voluntary organ donations of one kidney or a slice of liver. While things usually work out fine, there is no question the donation risks the health or life of the donor. But the point is to save a life.Now, the issue of . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a smart and uncritical (and therefore great) review of MODERN AND AMERICAN DIGNITY by the postmodern conservative Richard Reinsch. The editor of THE UNIVERSITY BOOKMAN encouraged me to post it to shamelessly promote me and his fascinating journal. The most capable followers of . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . those aren’t words that go together well—yet. But Bachmann won the debate in New Hampshire. She seemed like a sane, competent, charming, extremely conservative woman with all the right experience as the uncompromising chair of the Tea Party caucus. (She’s much better than . . . . Continue Reading »
I have made fun of the noted transhumanist, George Dvorsky, on more than one occasion—most notably after listening to him advocate “uploading” animal consciousnesses into computers to eradicate the suffering caused by predation. But I am not making fun of him now. . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a fascinating article discussing the findings of experimental psychologist Adrian Raine, who has spent his career researching physical characteristics of the brain that seem to correlate with a future history of violence and psychopathy. My hackles bristled when I saw the article, and . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote recently about an under-recognized shift in the way many people object to Christianity: that it is immorally arrogant in its exclusivism. Historic orthodox Christianity claims that there is one God uniquely revealed in Jesus Christ, who is the one way, truth, and life for all people . . . . Continue Reading »
If you have ever wondered whether the conversations going on in philosophy departments have anything to say to us folks outside them, an encouraging answer came in a three-part series last week at Public Discourse by Matthew O’Brien and Robert Koons, both of the University of Texas. . . . . Continue Reading »
Tobin Grant reports on the politics of being a “good Christian” : Political scientists often refer to a “God Gap” in American politics, noting the tendency for religious people to be more conservative and vote Republican while those who are less observant lean left and . . . . Continue Reading »
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