A note to other bloggers This weekend somebody blogging from a proxy server in the Bahamas (IP 24.244.142.223, though he will probably never use it again) decided to spoof my ID and post some random insults in the comboxes over at www.wdtprs.com. He has apparently also spoofed the ID of a Fr. Jonathan Morris who apparently turns up on FoxNews now and then and is a friend of Fr. Zuhlsdorf. Evidently, I and Fr. Morris are insufficiently truly true Catholics... Read more

Nick Milne’s Kraken has Lots of Fun Commentary on Film Check thou it out! Read more

Fun with Moral Reasoning First, there’s this: Suppose there is a fire in a fertility clinic. You are the only adult present, and there is a newborn baby and a tank of liquid nitrogen with 5,000 frozen embryos in the clinic. You can save only one of them before the place burns down — which would you choose?“ …. Some of you might recognize the first part of that as one of my favorite things to collect: 27 Ninja Scenarios–That... Read more

Fun with Moral Reasoning First, there’s this: Suppose there is a fire in a fertility clinic. You are the only adult present, and there is a newborn baby and a tank of liquid nitrogen with 5,000 frozen embryos in the clinic. You can save only one of them before the place burns down — which would you choose?“ …. Some of you might recognize the first part of that as one of my favorite things to collect: 27 Ninja Scenarios–That... Read more

Curious–and Potentially Awful It appears somebody is doing a sort of modern-day retelling of the story of David. It’s a natural for a soap opera treatment, I suppose. But there’s just so much they can do to get it all wrong too. Read more

Curious–and Potentially Awful It appears somebody is doing a sort of modern-day retelling of the story of David. It’s a natural for a soap opera treatment, I suppose. But there’s just so much they can do to get it all wrong too. Read more

Transhumanism: Uptopia for People Who Can’t Get a Date But it does promise money and power, which is two of the seven basic elements of the modern scientific worldview! For the tiny detail transhumanists are overlooking in all this technological messianism, go here. Read more

Transhumanism: Uptopia for People Who Can’t Get a Date But it does promise money and power, which is two of the seven basic elements of the modern scientific worldview! For the tiny detail transhumanists are overlooking in all this technological messianism, go here. Read more

Interview with a Hamas Lunatic This is all taking place in a chamber of horrors known as a hospital in Gaza, mind you. “Why are you so happy?” this reporter asked. “Look around you.” A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family... Read more

Interview with a Hamas Lunatic This is all taking place in a chamber of horrors known as a hospital in Gaza, mind you. “Why are you so happy?” this reporter asked. “Look around you.” A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family... Read more