2007 book list
Dec 29, 2007 reading
As part of my year-end recap, here’s the list of books I read this year. I had a half-hearted goal of reading a book/week and almost made it — currently comes out to almost 1 every 8 days. I also read a lot of essays & articles, particularly in philosophy, so this isn’t really an [...]
In Belize!
Dec 21, 2007 personal
Quick update from beautiful Belize… Kraig and I are in San Pedro right now, maybe moving to Caye Caulker this weekend. We’ve mostly just been laying around, enjoying the sun & sand. Today though we got up early to go snorkeling where we swam with – and pet – nurse sharks and manta rays. We [...]
Tags: Belize, Caye Caulker, Christmas, Kraig, San Pedro, snorkeling
Response to Sharyn Kopf
Dec 15, 2007 Cedarville, philosophy, politics
Sharyn Kopf is the latest pro-lifer to get a little worked up over my abortion editorial from a month ago. On its most basic level, that editorial argued the following: 1. If we don’t know if embryos are persons, then neither ‘side’ ought to be dogmatic about their position. 2. It is the case that [...]
Tags: abortion, Murray Vasser, pro-choice, pro-life, Sharyn Kopf, weak thought
Letter from Sharyn Kopf
Dec 13, 2007 Cedarville, philosophy, politics
To the zygote turned gamete who wrote the abortion article: Perhaps you should have subtitled it, “Aw, why can’t we all just get along?†Since there seems to be an aversion to using scripture to support these dubious shades of grayâ€â€choosing, rather, to demote Psalm 139 to the status of “beautiful,†as if it’s merely [...]
Tags: abortion
Response to Murray Vasser
Dec 9, 2007 Cedarville, philosophy, politics
Murray Vasser, President of CU Students For Life, had his rebuttal published in the latest issue of Cedars. My fisking is long overdue: Over the past few years, I have been involved in organizing events to protest the genocide in Darfur. I was encouraged by the enthusiasm with which students spoke out in defense of [...]
Tags: abortion