Monthly Archives: December 2007

Benazir Bhutto is perhaps the most prominent martyr thus far of the 3rd Millennium.  She was willing to risk her life for what she believed—not by surreptitiously launching murderous attacks against others, but by stating in public her beliefs and hopes … Continue reading →

If it is obvious that we should accept and affirm the humanity of all regardless of bodily configuration, it is not as obvious as one might think just what it means to affirm the humanity of all regardless of bodily … Continue reading →

Famously, Plato held the thesis that a person could not knowingly choose to do that which is wrong.  Alas, contemporary society would suggest that, although Plato was no doubt an intellectual giant, he was sorely mistaken about this point; for … Continue reading →

Offhand, Aristotle is perhaps the last person in the world from whom one might expect anything insightful regarding social diversity as we understand it nowadays.  What on earth could this man from a very homogenous society, which he prized, have … Continue reading →

So Gillian Gibbons was pardoned.  We are all relieved and grateful, of course.  But in an odd way, there is something dramatically wrong with this picture.  For the record, I am willing to concede that a teddy bear Mohammed is … Continue reading →