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  • How Western Civilization Survived ‘By the Skin of Its Teeth’

    How Western Civilization Survived ‘By the Skin of Its Teeth’0

    According to the 20th century theologian Georges Florovsky, Protestant historiography is one of “decay”. In the traditional Protestant view (by no means shared by all Protestants today), Christianity was in its purest form in its beginning stages, and over the centuries experienced a gradual distortion until its “Reformation” in the 16th century. Because of the

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  • Removing Analogies From the SAT Was a Bad Idea

    Removing Analogies From the SAT Was a Bad Idea0

    When I was preparing for the SAT test in 1996, I had to test myself with several examples of analogies, such as the following question: Bandage: Blood :: a) Cable: Bridge   b) Cast: Injury   c) Fort: Army   d) Dam: River But such preparation is no longer needed for today’s students; the analogies

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  • Famous Atheist Wonders: Could We Become Cannibals in the Future?

    Famous Atheist Wonders: Could We Become Cannibals in the Future?0

    If made more palatable, could cannibalism become a thing in the future? The world’s most famous atheist, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, raised this question in a tweet earlier this week. Dawkins’ tweet was prompted by an article in The Independent which reported that “clean meat”— meat from livestock grown in a laboratory via stem cells—could

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  • On Specialization and Psychotics

    On Specialization and Psychotics0

    Aspiring writers are frequently told that they should “become an expert in one thing” if they hope to someday make it big. However, in our hyper-specialized modern society, the advice is fitting for just about any profession. The path to professional and/or financial success usually involves choosing a focus area and steadily adding to one’s

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