Michael Crichton: Ethical concerns on global climate change

The following is a paper that I wrote for my ethics and values class about Michael Crichton’s views on global warming and the ethical implications of his views. I know I havn’t written anything in a very long time due to classes and stuff, so I thought I’d post at least something that I have […]

I don’t recall

Looks like Alberto Gonzales is resigning, effective September 17. He hasn’t given a reason, nor has a replacement been chosen.
I’m sure you all remember his testimony to congress about the firing of all those district attorneys, when he had to choose between coming clean about it or lying; thus exposing his incompetence. Or maybe you […]

On principle

A Texas megachurch has backed out of providing a service for a deceased Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because he was gay.
It’s okay though. Their justification for doing this has me convinced that it was the right thing to do.
We did decline to host the service — not based on hatred, […]

Our not-so-distant cousins

Are primates really that closely related to us? I have had people tell me that it is demeaning to even consider the idea that we are related to any animal. Myself being an animal, I have no problem believing we came from a different animal. But how different are we from primates, really? Is it […]

Back to the Future 4: Jesus Christ

In what year was Jesus born? Many would say somewhere around the year 0. It’s way more confusing than most people realize.
Well, there was no year 0, but the historical equivalent is AD 1. AD 1 immediately precedes 1 BC on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Got it? Okay.
Now, once Jesus was born, the world […]