Jewish Roots of Limited Government
My reflections on a talk by Daniel Mark, of Villanova University, at Acton University. Benjamin Franklin wanted the Great Seal of the United States to depict Moses leading the children Continue Reading
Smart Philanthropy?–Dr. Lenore Ealy, Acton University 2018
The Difficult Art of Doing Good (with props to Kenneth Boulding) The first in a series of journalistic reports on presentations at Acton University 2018 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Continue Reading
Contempt Never Wins…in the End
I had a fascinating conversation with compadre Dana Hanson yesterday and have been thinking about it ever since. His insight was this: Contempt for one’s opponents/enemies never gets you anywhere Continue Reading
The Trap of Identity Politics
Fighting for justice within the machinery of identity politics is often seen as a “given” virtue in current cultural conversations. I’d like to call that virtue into question. Basically, it’s Continue Reading
Depleted Christianity?
Hypothesis: The Christian Church, in many shapes and forms, is generally offering a depleted cosmology, message, spirituality, and lifestyle. Observations to support this: In its most denuded form, Christianity has Continue Reading
Is Atheism Coherent and Consistent?
Book Review GOD: Being. Consciousness. Bliss. By David Bentley Hart. Yale, 2013 Every atheist should read this book. Hart is a Christian polemicist whose cheeky prose and muscular philosophical effortlessness Continue Reading
If we can’t define death, how can we define life/consciousness?
https://curiosity.com/topics/what-is-death-turns-out-no-one-really-knows-curiosity/ Curiosity.Com has a wonderful article on how hard it is to define death. Click on the link above. Loss of heartbeat? Nope. People come back from that. Stopped breathing? Continue Reading
Human Consciousness and AI
My wife Wendy and I are currently watching a series called “HUMANS“ (with an inverted A) from AMC on Amazon Prime. Artificial intelligence and the moral paradoxes which come with Continue Reading