by Publius | Oct 16, 2019 | Family, Grey Matter
By Patrick Lee | (Source) In Human Embryos, Human Beings, A Scientific and Philosophical Approach philosopher Samuel Condic and Neurobiologist Maureen Condic advance a careful and detailed case for the proposition that a human being comes to be at fertilization,...
by Publius | Oct 9, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter
By Jason Morgan | (Source) During a layover on a recent trip, I was browsing the paperbacks and magazines at one of the outlandishly overpriced bodegas that one finds in any airport in America nowadays. Apart from the usual glut of faux-angsty pulp novels and...
by Publius | Oct 2, 2019 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment, Posts
By Sophia Lee | (Source) In February 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) quietly changed its mission statement, removing a description of the United States as “a nation of immigrants.” The change reflected a shift in our government’s...
by Publius | Sep 25, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Critical Thinking, Grey Matter
By Alan McLaughlin | (Source) To capitulate on pronouns is not an act of charity. It is rather the total surrender of the world, in a word. In today’s public communication climate, something as quotidian and unimpeachable as calling a girl “she” constitutes an...
by Publius | Sep 18, 2019 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, History and Tradition
By Kristen Waggoner | (Source) It’s amazing to see who comes to the defense of freedom when you least expect it. In July, 12 leading philosophy scholars from around the world signed on to a statement supporting freedom of thought and speech in academia, specifically...
