At any moment in time, the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. Manners are missing; ethics are being eliminated; culture is corrupted; social attitudes are supercilious; virtues are vanishing; literature is mostly licentious; industry and commerce are materialistically crude and callous; and humaneness is hamstrung by greed and selfishness. It’s the…
The burden of infertility weighs heavily on many hearts. According to survey data, about 9 percent of men and 11 percent of women in the reproductive age range have experienced infertility problems. Couples dealing with infertility issues have turned to alternatives like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and paid surrogacy to make their dream of parenthood a…
Polls are deployed only when they may prove useful- that is, to help the powers that be in their quest to maintain their position and influence. Indeed the polling industry is a powerful ally of depoliticization and its counterpart, which is consensus. The polls undoubtedly help decide what people think, but their most important long term…
Glenn Beck has been giving libertarians an earful in recent weeks after a show where he called out the “fascists” and “nazis” of the movement who are opposed to anyone claiming the title of “libertarian” that don’t meet certain subjective criteria. Beck is right that many in the libertarian movement are what economist and Anarcho-Capitalist…
Science & The Bible: Are They Compatible? Bill Nye the Science Guy debated creationist Ken Ham on Tuesday night over the issues of science, biology and biblical creation. The three-hour debate consisted of Nye defending evolutionary theory in the face of Ham’s belief in biblical literalism and whether or not the Genesis tale is fundamentally…
Libertarians believe a lot of things, and they wish to politically lead others with those beliefs. Most of those beliefs — virtually all of them, actually — are worthy of acceptance. The one thing that libertarians believe that I simply cannot abide, though, is their insistence on pretending that their political philosophy is separable from…