Another site at which I post material has writers who tend to be impervious to arguments from alternative political, social and economic views. One of the people with whom I have attempted to conduct civil and mutually respectful exchanges of opinions is S. L. Bradish, a prolific blogger and author and politically far, far to [...]
SLB has submitted her opening statement in which she takes issue with some of my views. To make matters clearer for the readers of these points of view, I have reproduced her statement and interspersed my comments. My comments are in boldface type. Since Jim has provided such a lengthy report on differing religious and [...]
SLB is quite correct when she suggests that I, too, go beyond the topic, but I am forced to think of all the consequences of a total acceptance of human life beginning at the moment of fertilization of an ovum. Blanket assumptions and conclusions can lead to unexpected and problematic issues. First, if a fetus [...]
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Within the past weeks, two murders took place. In Little Rock, Arkansas, William Long was killed outside of an Army recruiting office, allegedly by an American convert to Islam, 23 year old Abdulhakim Muhammad. Mr. Muhammad reportedly said that the shooting was a general and vague “war protest” and police initially have reported that the [...]
I really am not certain of the significance of the far Right’s, Fox’s and a few others’ fixation on the President’s faith. Normally, we take a person’s word on the specific Deity to whom one chooses to pray or even the absence of such a Deity. Certainly, many of President Obama’s critics, including those who cannot [...]
