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We live in an age where the notion of truth, of absolutes which transcend the individual and society, is increasingly under assault. Ours is an age of.....

The lady on the morning “news”, in her warmest and faux-sincere voice, said it sweetly: “This is the season of hope and joy” — and moved on.....

David Foster Wallace, a writer, professor and committed atheist, died on Sept 12, 2008. He was perhaps best known for his book about John McCain’s 2000 presidential.....

Meditation on the essence and power of prayer.

Consider, if cats had thumbs ...

Often in the sturm und drang of a world gone mad, there comes, through the chaos and insanity, some brief moment of clarity. Such times pass by.....

In a discussion in the past with a very bright and well-written libertarian friend, I took him to task for a position supporting for legalization of prostitution......

Time's up!

A recent discussion regarding access to health care caught my eye. Like many such posts, there was a brisk repartee in the comment section on the topic.....

In recent essays we’ve been mud-wrestling about scientific materialism vs. faith — especially with that peculiar disdain and condescension secular scientists often exude toward those foolish enough.....

My first observation is one of puzzled bemusement, wondering why our good astronomer, and so many of his friends, seem compelled to bother with those crazy creationists.

Some things, it seems, never change: scientists never have doubts — and those who doubt their unerring wisdom must be mentally unwell.