Category: Culture & Ethics
Medved, Berlinski Take on Steven Pinker and Whig History
Anyone imagining that human depravity and the God hypothesis are things of the past are themselves living in the past.
Medical Authoritarianism Versus Baby Tinslee
If it were up to the doctors, Tinslee Lewis would have been in her grave before age one.
Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?
This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards.
Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals
Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too.
Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues
For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about.