The Literarian
My Blog
"It is better not to touch our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands." - Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Click on any of the links below for my thoughts on an eclectic variety of topics:
On Science
Bioethics, HIV, and the Black Death
RNAi and Hope for AIDS Victims
Parthenogenesis and Virgin Births
Humanmetrics
Pakistani Autocracy: Too Close to Home?
Little Boy Who Cried Wolf
Critical Response to Ahmadinejad's Letter
Ahmadinejad's Letter to the U.S.
Combating Ideology
Voting Rights Act Renewal
"...One Nation, Under Allah..."
Justifying Inaction in the War Against Terror
Gov Heineman's Response to my Letter
Letter to Gov Heineman: Security Freeze
A Free Press in Denmark
Bush's Data Mining Policy
Where in the World is . . .
Sen Nelson's Hurricane Katrina Response
On Faith
Eco-conservatism and Religion
Testing Faith
The Fabric of God's Mind
Justifying Islamic Extremism
It's a Mystery
Conflict of Original Sin & Evolution
Blaise Pascal's Wager: A Flaw
A Lesson in Selective Morality
Ordained of God: A Litmus Test
Pascal's Wager
On Philosophy
Xenoaesthetics: Redefining the Mundane
Morality and Social Constructs
Natural Order: Contrived or Inherent?
On Pop Culture
Aliens Among Us? A Perspective
Pop Culture's Influence on Politics
Affluency and Punishment
What if We All Had Tails?
On Technology
Driving Web-based Traffic
Global Warming and Human Migration
On Education
Time for Graduate School
Intelligent Design Legal Decision
He said, "Why should I tarry?" And smiled with tranquil eye; "In destinies sad or merry, True men can but try." Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Lines 562-565)
He said, "Why should I tarry?"
And smiled with tranquil eye;
"In destinies sad or merry,
True men can but try."
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
(Lines 562-565)
