I believe in God... creator of heaven and earth. —The Apostles' CreedWe tend to credit Edwin Hubble with discovering the expanding universe, but in truth he confirmed by astronomical observation what others like Alexander Friedmann and Georges Lemaitre had theorized earlier, based on, of ... Continue reading
The myth of private vice
September 21, 2008 By 3 Comments
My blogging friend Ken Brown, writing at C. Orthodoxy, has been thinking a lot lately about how we use technology (specifically birth control, but the trend is wider than that) to try to mitigate the consequences of immoral behavior. The goal is to make that behavior (promiscuity, for instance) ... Continue reading
Lost in a moral fog, Part 2
November 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Back in the early Pleistocene era when I was a lad, road crews would mark out construction zones with bowling-ball sized canisters filled with kerosene and topped by a large wick. When lit with a match, they would burn all night long, warning motorists away from broken pavement.I grew up with ... Continue reading
Lost in a moral fog, Part 1
November 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Capt. John Cota is a veteran pilot with years of experience guiding giant ships in and out of San Francisco Bay. On the morning of November 7 in dense fog, he was on the bridge of the 65,000 ton container ship Cosco Busan instructing the ship's captain and helmsman so they could safely navigate ... Continue reading
Tearing down the walls
August 31, 2006 By 6 Comments
...the political drive toward ever-greater equality has turned Americans against any conclusion which entails values and consequences resulting in our culture's trend toward rejection of all evaluative conclusions as unkind and "undemocratic." Legal scholar Robert Bork sees this as a natural ... Continue reading
2005 EO Symposium: Call for posts
April 5, 2005 By
One of the blogs I read daily is The Evangelical Outpost. Joe Carter is a very thoughtful blogger who writes most frequently on the subjects of science, public policy, and how these interact with Christian faith.A few months back, Carter invited bloggers to write posts around a specific topic. ... Continue reading
A modest proposal concerning tsunami relief
January 4, 2005 By
"You mock my pain!" "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." —The Princess Bride "It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the ... Continue reading
