The ever shrinking and less informative doctor-prescribed death suicide statistics published by Oregon show that suicidal patients are almost never referred for psychological counseling (one last year and zero the year before). So legislation has been introduced to require it. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Over the past decade, the United Nations has issued several reports documenting the stagnation of scientific research in Arab societies. In an interview by Rod Dreher, Algeria-born astrophysicist Nidhal Guessoum elaborates : All sectors of activity in the Arab society have suffered during these . . . . Continue Reading »
Francis J. Beckwith notes that political correctness is making it difficult for young people to distinguish between universal judgment and mere prejudice : In class, I took an example from the textbook (Peter Kreeft’s Socratic Logic, 3.1e) and asked my students whether the following is an . . . . Continue Reading »
With the military intervention in Libya, has America entered its third concurrent war in a Muslim nation? Depends on how you define “war.” The Marine Corps manual on Warfighting states that the essence of war is “a violent struggle between two hostile, independent, and irreconcilable . . . . Continue Reading »
Round three was dominated by blowouts—and not much else. [caption id=”attachment_14086” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”Click to Download Round 4 Brackets”] [/caption] Blowouts : Pride and Prejudice terminated War and Peace with extreme . . . . Continue Reading »
Eugene Peterson wrote a blurb for Rob Bell’s new book on hell. His comments in a recent interview are worth noticing, because it points to a problem. He is careful not to agree with Bell, but makes it very hard to disagree with him. Rob Bell has views that are (at least) similar to those that . . . . Continue Reading »
\When I toured Australia last July, euthanasia legalization threats were pending or threatened in the parliaments of Western Australia, Southern Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, and perhaps most worryingly, Tasmania. So far, all have been defeated or are not an immediate . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine if you will that Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck called Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton a “dumb T-word” epithet that describes female genitalia, a crudity that is akin to the C-word. Headlines! Righteous (and proper) charges of sexism! Off. The. Air! And . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl, in one of this thoughtful threadifications below, cautions me to be clear that, in thinking through what Alexander Stephens might have meant, not to confuse anyone on my views of slavery and scientific racism. Be assured I’m not pro-choice on slavery. Not only that, of course, I agree . . . . Continue Reading »
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