Behold the Man: Three Books on What it Means to be Human
The mapping of the human genome came upon us amidst pronouncements of its incalculable impact on, and potential benefit to, human life. Comparisons to the manned missions to the moon,...
The mapping of the human genome came upon us amidst pronouncements of its incalculable impact on, and potential benefit to, human life. Comparisons to the manned missions to the moon,...
Sometimes, it is difficult to be a conservative, because the other side can make you sound so . . . heartless. For example, there is the matter of child soldiers....
The Right has a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde complex about artificial human cloning. Mild-mannered social conservatives fall over one another in disgust at the prospect while Libertarians seemingly stand...
The first time I used the word disinformation in public, I got an immediate reaction from the audience: A woman said, “You mean, of course, misinformation.” Well, I disagreed. There...
Old people have always been afraid of change, especially when it comes to technology. My dad, for instance, still refers to the family computer as “the machine.” The poor sap...
As soon as Al Gore finished his concession speech, it was obvious: we had elected the wrong man for the job. Only too late had Gore revealed his true self,...