I was late getting to the Terry Jones story Burt posted the other day, so I’m going to reprise my comment here along with some additional thoughts. As is well known by now, Terry Jones’s fulfillment of his tasteless publicity… Continue Reading
Here is the argument, made famous by Greg Bahnsen, stated as succinctly as I can manage: By rejecting God, one implicitly rejects the only nonarbitrary basis for positing the existence of morality, order, causation, induction, sets, logic, numbers, and a… Continue Reading
To my dismay, lots of commenters to my recent post on the left and right’s underlying differences in political theory want to cast all talk of political theory into the flames as nothing more than empty posturing and demagoguery. Greginak… Continue Reading
In a previous post drawing the distinction between procedural and substantive justice, I noted my objection to the idea that procedural fairness ought to be subverted in order to guarantee predetermined outcomes. However—and although I predicted that most Americans would… Continue Reading
When Jonathan Chait mentioned that Paul Ryan “will not touch Social Security,” it reminded me of a mean trick that often happens in political rhetoric: namely, when the left criticizes the right as being inconsistent for denouncing big government while… Continue Reading
Last week, Arizona enacted a new law prohibiting abortions carried out on the basis of race or gender. The new law makes it unlawful for physicians to perform or induce such abortions, and requires physicians to obtain an affidavit from… Continue Reading
The odds are pretty good that if you know what the word “antediluvian” means, you had to look it up. And if you don’t know what it means, you would not likely be aided by the hint that it means… Continue Reading