Jody recently sent me an article from the science blog Gene Expression entitled ” Historical Dynamics and contingent conditions of religion.” Basically, what the piece argues is that the same types of mathematical formulas that Peter Turchin uses to explain the rise and fall of states . . . . Continue Reading »
A brief but troubling interview with the Republican nominee, posted by the Weekly Standard . “John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned,” says his campaign website , “and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a story out today that I find very disturbing, for it both reflects the apparent urge among some organ professionals to cross crucial ethical boundaries and promotes public confusion about when someone can be properly declared dead. It involves heart transplants from babies and implies . . . . Continue Reading »
This news comes from Natalie Stilwell, a graduate student in moral theology in northern Virginia: Yesterday I came across a striking article from the science news site LiveScience: ” The Pill Makes Women Pick Bad Mates .” The results of a study headed by evolutionary psychologist . . . . Continue Reading »
It may not yet be a full fledged exodus, but it would appear that the tide has changed dramatically. Where just a few years ago the clamor to overturn the Bush policy was touted throughout the media and among the politicians of the Science Establishment, it now appears that many of the world’s . . . . Continue Reading »
This just in from Slate magazine, where Linda Hirshman applauds the change in the Democratic Party Platform on abortion. In an aptly titled article “Unnecessarily Evil: Reclaiming the Morality of Abortion and the Overdue Change to the Democratic Platform,” Hirshman applauds the . . . . Continue Reading »
Whites will cease being the majority by 2042, the Census Bureau reported, to which I reply, “So what?” Human life is what matters, not the fiction of racial differences. From the story: In a new report out Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the nation will become much more diverse . . . . Continue Reading »
A little while back I wrote a piece for National Review Online called “Veganism is Murder.” The thesis of the piece was that while many animal rights activists claim that “meat is murder,” vegans also live off the deaths of animals due to the perhaps billions of mice, snakes, . . . . Continue Reading »
The first story to give me a healthy Augustinian appreciation of human depravity when I was a boy was the infamous murder of Bobby Franks committed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. When I finally got around to reading Nietzsche, the crime came to symbolize the natural outcome of proud striving . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the Wall Street Journal , Ian Johnson has written an interesting article on the ranking of countries competing in the Olympics. Not surprisingly, figuring out who is actually winning is no easy task: Despite all the high-tech clocks, cameras and sensors, the Olympics still can’t give . . . . Continue Reading »
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