Rod Dreher interviewed James Arthur , head of the school of education at Birmingham University and a UK national expert on character education, about the recent British riots: What does the collapse of Christianity as a significant moral force in British society have to do with all this. I believe . . . . Continue Reading »
I first heard the euphemistic term “selective reduction,” at a bioethics conference at which I was speaking in Banff, Alberta. I don’t remember the year, probably about a decade ago. I was speaking on assisted suicide, and as I awaited my turn, the speaker before me . . . . Continue Reading »
This is funny, given our recent conversation about bioethicist Julian Savulescu’s support for “morally enhancing” people through drugs or implants. Apparently the UK Government plotted to do the same thing to Hitler by feminizing him with estrogen. From the Telegraph . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve determined that there’s a political faction out there that needs a name, because it’s a group of conspiracy theorists with a particular agenda that’s becoming somewhat influential, and it’s achieving its agenda fairly well. Its agenda is to discredit mainstream . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, first, I want to praise Carl’s doing so well in making so much out of THE RAMONES. He’s not yet ready for the cover of THE ROLLING STONE, but he has been linked by the magazine’s website, apparently. I saw the Ramones live in Baltimore in 1978. I enjoyed the crowd. But they . . . . Continue Reading »
I am worried that we are going full circle around the bioethical issue informed consent. Where once, patients and families weren’t allowed to decide to stop heroic medical efforts—the dreaded “paternalism,” as it came to be called—today a neo paternalism movement . . . . Continue Reading »
So Pawlenty, after focusing his efforts on Iowa, got less than half as many votes as either Ron Paul or (the WINNER) Michele ‘Tip of the Spear’ Bachmann at the Ames Straw Poll. As Yoda would say, “How embarrassing.” If Pawlenty continues with his campaign, . . . . Continue Reading »
In previous Songbook posts, I’ve posed rock and roll against rock, and against hard rock in particular. So what about the punk rejection of 70s dinosaur rock? Wasn’t that a return to rock and roll fervor and simplicity? Why have I suggested that punk belongs to Rock more than it does to . . . . Continue Reading »
Since I’m going to be posting on the Ramones and “Wooly Bully” soon enough, here’s a gesture towards my intellectual sophistication—two interesting literary links, one on V.S. Naipaul’s reputation, and another on J.G. Ballard “predicting” the British . . . . Continue Reading »
There has been a lot of justifiable worry expressed about moral decay in the wake of the UK riots. Apparently, the issue has also been on the minds of two among bioethics’ most notorious notable utilitarian practitioners, who are having a collegial disagreement about whether the field . . . . Continue Reading »
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