About Rationally Speaking


Rationally Speaking is a blog maintained by Prof. Massimo Pigliucci, a philosopher at the City University of New York. The blog reflects the Enlightenment figure Marquis de Condorcet's idea of what a public intellectual (yes, we know, that's such a bad word) ought to be: someone who devotes himself to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them." You're welcome. Please notice that the contents of this blog can be reprinted under the standard Creative Commons license.

Saturday, August 07, 2010

Michael's Picks

By Michael De Dora
* Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) went ballistic at Republicans after the GOP killed 9/11 responders’ health care legislation. 
* My latest entry on my Center for Inquiry blog: the choices we face don’t always reflect all reasonable options. 
* U.S. soldiers are now making conscientious objector pleas based on their not wanting to serve with openly gay people. 
* A good one from The Onion, funny and full of social commentary: “Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text.”
* FOX News (and its featured pundits) criticizes Obama for skipping the Boy Scouts’ Jamboree to attend fundraisers and tape The View. Jon Stewart responds.  
* Denis Campbell, in The Guardian, argues that “it is right that we should be responsible for our health.” 
* New York Times columnist David Brooks reports about a recent meeting of “moral naturalists.” 
* Let’s be clear: it’s not a mosque at Ground Zero; it’s an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. DaveSAugust 08, 2010 9:09 PM

    As you seem to imply in the CFI blog, there are scientismists and there are scientismists. The ones with a very narrow definition of science have no truck with religion. Those with a broader definition can be believers in something that they think sooner or later WILL be explained by science.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)