A link to this old 2002 interview of me by the radical transhumanist, J. Hughes, came over the transom today. This was recorded only shortly after I became involved with the animal rights issue and two years before I published Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World. This was . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a great respect for the Roman Catholic tradition in political and social thought, and believe that some of the most interesting and “provocative” contemporary commentators depend very heavily on that tradition. I saw this morning the letter written by some prominent . . . . Continue Reading »
Sarah Palin is the Bermuda Triangle of political commentary. No matter the number of writers who have bravely gone where others have gone before, column space and magazine covers continue to find themselves sucked into the increasingly black hole of “commentary” on the ongoing saga of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The British may not be able to spell words correctly (it’s color , old chap, not colour ) but I think they get it mostly right when it comes to punctuation. For instance, the American style places commas and periods inside quotation marks, except in situations when it could cause confusion . . . . Continue Reading »
I didn’t know Dr. S. videoed my physical yesterday:After “The Singularity,” Secondhand Smokette and I upload as GPS computers. I’ll let you guess who is who:Radical environmentalists continue to plan our Great Green . . . . Continue Reading »
Lung stem cells have been discovered in rodents that could lead to disease treatments. From the AP Story:Scientists believe they’ve discovered stem cells in the lung that can make a wide variety of the organ’s tissues, a finding that might open new doors for treating emphysema and . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning On the Square Russ Saltzman reads his favorite Islamic magazine, Al-Jumuah and considers what the magazine reveals about its readership: Al-Jumuah is written for Muslims trying their best to live in America and not become whatever equivalent of mainline Protestantism exists for Islam. . . . . Continue Reading »
The living human bodies of the poor are increasingly looked upon by the rich and powerful as resources ripe for the mining. As regular readers of SHS know: Ounce for ounce, human eggs have become the world’s most valuable commodity with eugenically correct young women able to garner tens . . . . Continue Reading »
Glen Scrivener, a minister in the Church of England, is attempting to raise awareness about the impact of the King James translation on the English speaking world : “Throughout 2011 I will blog on a phrase each day that has passed into common parlance: popular phrases like ‘labour of . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . is pretty darn weak. And there’s no way in heck he could be elected. Nonetheless, we read in VOEGELI’s great book that he and Bill Clinton were on the cusp of entitlement reform we could have believed in when the Monica scandal broke. So there would be something to be said for a . . . . Continue Reading »
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