There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
For centuries, philosophers and theologians have almost unanimously held that civilization as we know it depends on a widespread belief in free will—and that losing this belief could be calamitous. Our...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleUnderstanding Tyranny and Terror: From the French Revolution to Modern...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) While tyranny has existed in all eras, modern democracies now face a millenarian version that seeks to impose by revolutionary force a monolithic collective in which...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleIn the Middle of an Electoral Revolution, Scalia Leaves the Plutocracy One...
The salutary rule of private life that one should not speak poorly of the recently departed does not properly apply to public persons who we know only through their public deeds. When they choose to...
View ArticleEgyptian Artist Wael Shawky on Pulling the Strings of Crusade and Jihad at...
The films of Wael Shawky's Cabaret Crusades are on view at MoMA PS1 through August 31, along with installations of selected sketches, sets and marionettes that the artist used throughout filming. For...
View ArticleAuthors and critics select their best books of the year
WELCOME to our annual Books of the Year, in which writers and critics share their favourite reads of 2014. As always, I did not restrict the contributors to books published this year, though most of...
View Article#TBT: Inhofe Delivers 2003 Floor Speech Predicting the Inevitable Failure of...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) #TBT: Inhofe Delivers 2003 Floor Speech Predicting the Inevitable Failure of the Kyoto Protocol. WASHINGTON - In 2003, U.S. Sen Jim Inhofe...
View ArticleNew Atheism, Worse Than You Think
In the years since the so-called “New Atheism” burst onto the scene in the mid 2000s, the movement has not lacked for critics among nonbelievers and agnostics. Until recently, however, few of them...
View ArticleI read Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's book. It's very revealing.
Neil Gorsuch has not publicly stated whether or not he thinks Roe v. Wade was correctly decided. But if you read his one published book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, his position on...
View ArticleWael Shawky On Pulling the Strings of Crusade and Jihad at MoMA PS1
The films of Wael Shawky's Cabaret Crusades are on view at MoMA PS1 until August 31, along with installations of selected sketches, sets and marionettes that the artist used throughout filming. For...
View ArticleA Failure of Christian Ethics
At the heart of the crisis of the public presence of Christians in our tormented world has been their inability to offer any consistent and penetrating ethical critique of political subjugation,...
View Article2017 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom (The Heritage Foundation)
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) August 30, 2016 | Special Report on Economic Freedom 2017 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom By James M. Roberts, William T. Wilson, Ph.D., Diane Katz, Anthony B. Kim,...
View ArticleThe Rosenzweig`s Philosophcal©
The unique framework of Franz Rosenzweig The philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig is one of the most interesting and surprising innovations of modern thought, both general and Jewish. There exists a...
View ArticleMaking the Case
Summary The debate about fully autonomous weapons has continued to intensify since the issue reached the international stage four years ago.[1] Lawyers, ethicists, military personnel, human rights...
View ArticleBring on the Crackup: Hoping for a Trump–Sanders Election
As I write this, in mid-late March 2016, things are generally going the way that I have hoped for–but of course this sort of analysis is in danger of being overtaken by events at any moment. Still, I...
View ArticlePhilosopher Peter Singer on why all men are not created equal
For a man who sparks volcanic public debate wherever he goes, Peter Singer comes across as remarkably mild mannered. "I do cause some controversy, but there are also misunderstandings," acknowledges...
View Article“Difference,” American-Style: Of High-Horse Riders and Low-Hanging Fruit
Annals of Parliamentary Cretinism: 4 This has been in the works since the get-go. HRC faces a tight race in what ought to be a walkover because she is a lousy candidate and a terrible campaigner, and...
View ArticleWael Shawky On the Pull of Crusade and Jihad at MoMA PS1
The films of Wael Shawky's Cabaret Crusades are on view at MoMA PS1 until August 31, along with installations of selected sketches, sets and marionettes that the artist used throughout filming. For...
View ArticleTocqueville on Christianity and American Democracy (The Heritage Foundation)
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) March 7, 2016 | First Principles Series Report on Religion and Civil Society By Carson Holloway, Ph.D. In his monumental study Democracy in America, Alexis de...
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