There’s Nuance…and nuance.
On the continuing databasization of health care, and why it’s a good thing.
Moving…Over
Since my Forbes blog Progressive Download is taking up more of my time, among other writing assignments, and my posting here has been much less frequent, any interested readers should add the rss feed from Progressive Download for more regular items. While it’s more geared to science/tech, I hope to work in other book and… Continue reading Moving…Over
The Problem with Mike Leigh
I’ve been a fan of his films, but as Anthony Lane nicely summarizes, there’s a deep flaw in Leigh’s work: Devotees of Leigh, of whom there are legions, greet his careful scrutiny of faces as a compassionate mapping of deep trouble, as if he were Bergman. To my eyes, however, the litany of closeups is… Continue reading The Problem with Mike Leigh
The Chimney Sweeper (from Songs of Experience)
Can Aristotle be Rescued?
Stephen Barr, writing in Faith: In short, Aristotelian/Thomistic philosophy has paid a heavy price for the two and a half centuries in which it largely ignored what was going on in the natural sciences. A sustained re-engagement with science would enrich its conceptual and linguistic resources. This re-engagement cannot simply be an attempt to translate… Continue reading Can Aristotle be Rescued?