In the early years of its founding, Google adopted the motto “Don’t be evil” as its guiding moral principle and an expression of the company’s aim to provide users with “unbiased access to information,” as stated in its original code of conduct. In May 2018, that motto went missing. Around the same time, Google executives
READ MOREIn 1960, Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell published a book called The End of Ideology. It argued that it was time to put aside all our ridiculous arguments of the past – socialism, fascism, liberalism, anarchism, technocracy, etc. – and just recognize that elites like him have it all under control. They had already established the building blocks
READ MORERecently, Mother Jones ran a pair of articles (here and here) on the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos produced via IVF procedures should be considered children, in effect criminalizing the routine destruction of unused or “defective” embryos. The articles lament the perceived unjust consequences of treating human embryos as people. The authors, Kiera
READ MORE“What can I do about what is going on in this country?” This is a question I commonly hear from patriotic Americans. Typically, they’re referring to ways they can make some meaningful change where they can see the results. In the past, I’ve often been at a loss as to what to say. Some of
READ MOREYour kids are (finally!) reading on their own . . . Now what? Well, now is when we parents face the often-herculean task of trying to verify which books are safe and fit for our kids to read—not to mention supportive of traditional values! I’d like to offer a list of some favorite young adult
READ MOREA tremendous injustice is taking place in health care education, and most people are entirely unaware of it. Today, almost four years since the Covid pandemic began, nearly all US medical students, nursing students, and students training in other healthcare fields are still being forced to choose between accepting continual booster doses of the Covid
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