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Back at the hospital. Eleven hours to go. Oh, well. So far I am only scheduled for one shift next week, so I may be back in LJ land for a while.
Benedict of Rome has been saying the most remarkable things of late, some of which are translated here. I realize that I have, in general, two sorts of readers. One can't forgive Benedict for not being JP2, and the other can't forgive him for being Pope. I pass the link on anyway...
Those of us who follow the Touchstone 'blog know that Francis Beckwith, a very astute young philosopher (world class, if I am any judge), who happens to be an Evangelical Christian, was recently denied tenure by Southern Baptist Baylor University, presumably because he is too controversial, and so creates bad publicity for their wannabee faculty.
I was of the opinion that everything worth saying about abortion had already been said, on both sides, until I read Beckwith on Boonin, which I stumbled upon looking into this story. I must say, I am impressed by the acuity and by the civility -- on both sides. Except, of course, on the side of the University, which is evidently more interested in respectability than in truth.
Speaking of which, do you happen to know Mortimer Adler's "God and the Professors"? Working on my dissertation thirty odd years ago, and some of them very odd, I was lucky to find it in an old book. If you have the slightest interest in philosophy, religion, the culture wars, and the academy, give it a click. Or even if you don't.
Benedict of Rome has been saying the most remarkable things of late, some of which are translated here. I realize that I have, in general, two sorts of readers. One can't forgive Benedict for not being JP2, and the other can't forgive him for being Pope. I pass the link on anyway...
Those of us who follow the Touchstone 'blog know that Francis Beckwith, a very astute young philosopher (world class, if I am any judge), who happens to be an Evangelical Christian, was recently denied tenure by Southern Baptist Baylor University, presumably because he is too controversial, and so creates bad publicity for their wannabee faculty.
I was of the opinion that everything worth saying about abortion had already been said, on both sides, until I read Beckwith on Boonin, which I stumbled upon looking into this story. I must say, I am impressed by the acuity and by the civility -- on both sides. Except, of course, on the side of the University, which is evidently more interested in respectability than in truth.
Speaking of which, do you happen to know Mortimer Adler's "God and the Professors"? Working on my dissertation thirty odd years ago, and some of them very odd, I was lucky to find it in an old book. If you have the slightest interest in philosophy, religion, the culture wars, and the academy, give it a click. Or even if you don't.