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Today’s Radio — Video Games and the Lure of the Unreal

In today's commentary, "Video Games -- The New Playgrounds of the Self," I take a look at Christine Rosen's important article, "Playgrounds of the Self," published in the current edition of The New Atlantis. That's also the topic of today's edition o ...

August 12, 2005

A Religious Test for Judges? The Secular Left Panics

Christopher D. Morris is in a lather. In his op-ed article, "Stopping a Judicial Conflict of Interest," published earlier this week in The Boston Globe, Morris comes right to the brink of secular panic -- and then goes over the cliff. He actually sug ...

August 12, 2005

The NARAL Ad and the Morality of Truth-Telling

The now-infamous NARAL Pro-Choice America television ad against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has become a lesson in the value of intellectual integrity and the necessity of truth-telling -- even in the midst of a contentious political battle. [ ...

August 12, 2005

Dembski-Ruse Debate Continued

Beliefnet.com features an exchange of articles between Bill Dembski and Michael Ruse that continues and clarifies the debate. Dembski's article includes these choice statements: Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophicall ...

August 12, 2005

Two Competing Religions — Michael Ruse on Creationism and Evolutionism

Michael Ruse is one of evolution's most ardent defenders. A philosopher of science who teaches at Florida State University, Ruse is a frequent presence in the media, a well-known author, and an energetic critic of both creationism and Intelligent Des ...

August 11, 2005

Stem Cell Debate in the Heartland?

The Washington Post reports that the stem cell research controversy is spreading from Washington throughout the nation. In reporter Peter Slevin's words: The moral debate over embryonic stem cells stretches far beyond Capitol Hill to state capitals a ...

August 10, 2005

The Confirmation Battle Heats Up — NARAL’s Odious Ad

The group known as NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched an advertising campaign that opposes the confirmation of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. The television ad is truly odious, demonstrating a fundamental lack of honesty and human decency ...

August 10, 2005

Human-Enhancement Technologies and the Post-Human Future

Professor Daniel Sarewitz of Arizona State University sees the controversy in sports over the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs as part of a larger and more threatening issue -- the use of performance-enhancing technologies to red ...

August 9, 2005

TIME Looks at “The Evolution Wars”

TIME magazine is out this week with a big cover story on the latest controversy over the theory of evolution -- a controversy sparked anew by President George W. Bush's statement about the theory known as "Intelligent Design." In "The Evolution Wars, ...

August 8, 2005

A New Twist at the Movies — Women Hitting Each Other

The Wall Street Journal reports that the new Hollywood trend is women involved in physical conflict -- sometimes against each other. Christine Rosen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center argues in "Female Fight Club" that this trend can be traced to ...

August 6, 2005