This blog is written in real time. It is primarily commentary, not journalism, in the literal sense. It also seeks to engage readers in discussions about the cutting edge issues of human exceptionalism, bioethics, animal rights, scientism, radical misanthropic environmentalism, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So this comparison is based on Carl’s and Pete’s thoughtful corrections to my spin on Jim Ceaser’s more upbeat businessman vs. intellectual. 2. I agree with Jim that our president deserves to be classed a real intellectual. He wrote real books full of interesting thoughts. Plus . . . . Continue Reading »
Charles Colson has gone home to be with the Lord. The Prison Fellowship ministry family invites you to join in celebrating his life.My son, Jonathan, and I bumped into him at his BreakPoint ministry office a few years ago. It was my first visit there, just dropping in on Travis McSherley, the editor . . . . Continue Reading »
I did a small post on Secondhand Smoke that I thought might be of interest to First Thoughts readers. A Presbyterian pastor apparently considers transhumanism inevitable, and even, consistent with Christian views. I think “Christian transhumanism” is an oxymoron. Here . . . . Continue Reading »
I am crossposting this from my Genevan Psalter blog, because it addresses an issue that I’ve seen on the pages of the print issues of First Things in the past:I have now posted my versification of Psalm 81, along with my arrangement of the Genevan tune. Verses 4 and 5 of this psalm, with their . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Mr. Ceaser has the first great article on how to compare our two presidential nominees. One specializes in MAKING MONEY, the other in INTELLECTUAL DISPLAYS. I especailly like Jim beginning with what Romney and Obama share in common: No military service, exemplary family life, admirable personal . . . . Continue Reading »
A Presbyterian pastor/ethicist named Mark Douglas has apparently claimed that transhumanism is consistent with Christian theology. Pshaw. They are theologically diametrically incompatible. From the Toledo Blade story:Theologically, one can find support in the Bible for . . . . Continue Reading »
Thomas Hibbs has an appetizing preview of Whit Stillman’s new film Damsels in Distress over at NRO. Lots on the importance of dancing, the reason why with suicide, “prevention is ten-tenths of the cure,” and Hibbs’ interesting observation that Stillman’s college scene . . . . Continue Reading »
or smart, public spirited guys disagree. Mitch Daniels says that Romney ought to “ . . . Spend the precious time and dollars explaining what’s at stake and a constructive program to make life better. And as I say, look at everything through the lens of folks who have yet to . . . . Continue Reading »
Any student of American history will recognize that some our nation’s most significant changes have come about as the fruit of religious revival, and that these “awakenings,” which erupted every few decades or so, play a key role in renewing and sustaining our national life. In . . . . Continue Reading »
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