The conservative UK columnist Melanie Phillips, who I don’t think is pro life, (not sure about that), makes some provocative points about abortion that are worth pondering. She is appalled that UK doctors have been instructed to tell pregnant women contemplating termination that abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
A clash of Christian cultures in the Pacific Northwest is producing unexpected results : James Wellman’s fascinating Evangelical vs. Liberal: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific Northwest compares and contrasts evangelical and liberal Protestant (or mainline) churches along the . . . . Continue Reading »
Eve Tushnet wonders why marriage is the only area of contemporary politics in which tradition is used explicitly as a justification: Two things have happened to contemporary marriage which all but compel traditionalist rhetoric in a non-traditionalist culture. First, one of marriage’s core . . . . Continue Reading »
“If we were pacifists, we would have been in the wrong jobs, because I don’t think it’s advisable to have pacifists in the White House, particularly for situations like 9/11. In government, you take an oath to protect your fellow citizens and you have to take that . . . . Continue Reading »
It is well known that Nazi “doctors” engaged in horrendous medical experiments with concentration camp inmates. They thought it was fine and right to do so because they believed they were working on so-called untermenschen, that is, humans of lesser value. There is no . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »
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