Will Saletan has a thoughtful piece in light of the president’s decision to lift the ban on stem cell research: Think about what’s being dismissed here as “politics” and “ideology.” You don’t have to equate embryos with full-grown human beings—I don’t—to appreciate the danger of exploiting them. Embryos are the beginnings of people. They’re not… Continue reading

Even with the TV muted, whenever I saw Rick Santelli’s puss on CNBC, he always looked like a blowhard. I used to change the channel whenever he was the guy on the trading floor. Now comes Jon Stewart, (HT Rod Dreher) to tell me that looks… weren’t deceiving. The Daily Show With Jon StewartM –… Continue reading

Hilarious. (Rated ‘R’ for language) Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

Ian McEwan is absolutely right: Three years ago, McEwan culled the fiction library of his London town house, in Fitzroy Square. He and his younger son, Greg, handed out thirty novels in a nearby park. In an essay for the Guardian, McEwan reported that “every young woman we approached … was eager and grateful to… Continue reading

Siris responds to my query below: So the simple answer as to why so many atheists are attracted to the argument from evil is that they are the sort of people who would be attracted to design arguments if they were theists. The two types of arguments make use of the same basic processes of… Continue reading