Discover Magazine profiles John Polkinghorne, Anglican priest and mathematical physicist: When he describes his line of work, John Polkinghorne jests, he encounters “more suspicion than a vegetarian butcher.” For the particle physicist turned Anglican priest, dissonance comes with the . . . . Continue Reading »
One common misconception in the same-sex marriage debate is the idea that the traditional legal definition of marriage is a violation of equal rights. Since this is an extremely emotionally charged accusation, it’s difficult to get past it into a real discussion of the issue.Here’s the . . . . Continue Reading »
As a young Christian trying to sort out the relationship between my faith in Jesus Christ and the political landscape, Senator Mark O. Hatfield was one of my heroes. I was privileged to hear him speak at a church in Minneapolis back in 1975, and I was favourably impressed. Here are two . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan Lizza’s profile of Bachmann is designed to produce guffaws from the New Yorker’s readership, but I was impressed by the discipline and focus of Bachmann’s campaign. They know that the public cares more about the economy and government spending than which Founder fought . . . . Continue Reading »
Art Caplan—very pro choice—has an interesting article out warning against fetal testing technologies that can lead to sex selection and other eugenic pregnancy terminations. The context is a story in which sex can be determined in a blood test of the pregnant mother. From . . . . Continue Reading »
Jonathan Chait is right the Obama campaign’s attempt to portray Romney as “weird” is lame. It is also potentially dangerous. Is Romney weird? I dunno, maybe compared to some people (not me, other people.) But, if Romney is nominated by the . . . . Continue Reading »
Alan Jacobs scores a point against the blogosphere’s most revered Christian-basher: Andrew Sullivan writes in his usual vein about “Christianism”: Imagine a libertarian Christianity, which urged individuals to give away as much of their property as possible to the poor, to forget . . . . Continue Reading »
Awhile back, I posted on a blog article written by Kyle Munkittrick for the Discovery magazine Website that informed us when the transhuman future had arrived. It was an important piece because it clearly and succinctly illustrated the subversive values that undergird the movement. . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago I explained in OTS column how Lawrence v Texas will inevitably be used to justify polygamy. Today I discovered a recent editorial from the LA Times that admits, yeah, it probably will : Kennedy emphasized in Lawrence that same-sex marriage wasn’t before the court. Similarly, . . . . Continue Reading »
Behold, the fruit of class warfare rhetoric. This is what happens when you teach that “rich people” became rich at your expense and they owe you their property. The end of respect for private property and a person’s right to have what he’s earned is the end of . . . . Continue Reading »
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