“Physicians who remain confused about the difference between killing a patient and allowing a patient to die should not be practicing medicine.” Ira Byock, director of Palliative Care at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center The Hippocratic oath is an ancient Greek text…
Month: June 2018
‘You’re Entitled to Your Opinion’ — Or You Should Be
Recently I had to deal with a person who’s very sure of their own opinions and seems to have little respect for those of others. This encounter left me thinking, “As far as this person is concerned, I’m not entitled…
Left Wing Logic vs. The Vulcans
“Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Winston Churchill The role of knowledge in political decision-making has been a central topic in political theory and social science…
‘It’s The Law’? Sorry, But That’s Not Good Enough
There’s a phrase that’s often invoked as if it should be some sort of magical “last word” in a dispute: ‘It’s the law.’ If something can be said to be ‘the law,’ it’s spoken of as if it’s automatically right…
If Abortionists Used Guns?
Every argument in the world is based on perspective. That truism is becoming more and more obvious as we journey farther and farther down the rat-hole that has become public debate. The more divided America becomes the more emotions come…
Leaks, Lies and Spies
By now you’ve probably gotten the idea that something really strange is happening to our government and to our country. Nothing is as it seems. Truth is tossed aside like yesterday’s trash. The left is rooting for the destruction of…
Who Are the Real Victims of Bullying?
I’ve been putting off writing this one for a couple of months. I was hoping the gnawing in my conscience would go away if I simply outlasted it. But I can’t. At least not any longer. I have always found…
Long May She Wave!
People across the United States celebrate Flag Day on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag and to commemorate its adoption. It is on this same date that the United States Army celebrates its birthday. On June…
Deviant Behavior: It’s Not Natural
I continue to be amazed at what we are teaching our children. Those (whoever they are) that are in charge of what is being taught to our children in America’s public schools have lost their stinkin minds. They’re “public” schools,…
JUDICIAL SUPREMACY: A Threat To The Constitution
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal – well meaning but without understanding.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1928 Our Founding Fathers felt strongly about limiting the power of judges because they had suffered under…
America Amidst the Seismic Shift
I don’t know if you are aware of it or not but America is in the midst of the greatest landslide in history. The seismic shift I am referring to has nothing to do with election totals or opinion polls,…
Darwin’s Conundrum
Darwin struggled with a paradox. If evolution is a struggle for survival, how could generosity, compassion, and other altruistic virtues have spread through natural selection? Even Darwin could see the clear evolutionary benefit to groups that inculcated ethical values in…
Was Jesus a Feel Good Preacher or Mister Nice Guy?
We live in an age of “feel goodism” in a super-sensitive society in which people are offended by any perceived slight. Politically correct police patrol the air waves and red flag certain buzzwords and label those who use them as…
Queering Victimhood
Thanks to a federal mandated education, our children graduate from high school unable to read or perform the simplest of math. But it doesn’t end there. Thanks to the likes of Judith Butler, professor at University of California, Berkeley, and…
Joseph: The Slave Who Saved the World
So, when life gets you down, remember how God used a slave to save the world. Life is full of peaks and valleys, pits and pinnacles. Sometimes it feels like you’re on a non-stop roller coaster ride. Whether it’s your…