Reason magazine’s science writer, Ron Bailey, has long been in the thrall of transhumanism. (We debated once at CUNY). He has swallowed the immortality project without even chewing and has baptized himself in the scientism neo-faith that The Singularity will usher in a new era of . . . . Continue Reading »
Since First Things in nearing the end of our Fall fundraising campaign, and since we still have a long way to go before we reach our goal of 500 readers as web donors, I thought I’d make an appeal to a specific group of readers: Those who have never donated to a web magazine before. I suspect . . . . Continue Reading »
Are there any signs of hope in contemporary artistic expression? Anthony Domestico thinks so, and his recent post at dotCommonweal dissecting some trends in what might be called sub-popular (or “popular indie”) music points out a few examples which should force the curmudgeons to think . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE . The guy who invented that curve reminds us that Herman’s plan is all about supply-side economics. Everyone, the thought is, will be better off. Cain needs to sign him up. . . . . Continue Reading »
Jason Hood has posted something on The Death of Christianity in the Middle East, for which the United States and its allies may bear some culpability. The statistics are sobering:Here’s the big picture, from the Jersualem Post: “…at the time of Lebanese independence from France in . . . . Continue Reading »
There NICE goes again. The (misnamed) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence—actually the UK’s health rationing agency—plans to turn down a breakthrough treatment for advanced stage melanoma. From the Oncology Report story:A drug considered a breakthrough . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Yglesias makes a peculiar insinuation : Not to get too sucked into the weeds of nonsense, but with this effort to gin up the idea that Occupy Wall Street is somehow shot-through with anti-semitism, and American media industry that’s full of Jewish people is once again somehow losing . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . and those who do are in the thrall of illusions that produce evildoing. (Food for Porcher thought?) . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains why religious freedom should be the moral center of American diplomacy: As the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) claimed, “the new Afghan draft constitution fails to protect the fundamental human rights of . . . . Continue Reading »
For the first time, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has admitted the harmful repercussions of abortion for society , at least in a particular context: “The United Nations have long been aware of this issue of prenatal sex selection, which is widespread in some Asian . . . . Continue Reading »
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