The most vociferous and sometimes violent opponents of women’s right to choose claim they act in the name of Christianity and of life. The truth seems to me to be very different. As it turns out historically the Bible has … Read more
Category: Politics
A Pagan perspective on abortion, part I.
In my opinion the strongest argument against abortion shares an insight with those of us who love the other-than-human. Recently a woman sent me an e-mail to that effect. I want to use the points she raised to begin exploring … Read more
The fascinating link between where most stand on abortion and where they stand on environmentalism
Abortion and environmental issues constitute the two major ethical questions of our time. Over at Patheos I just posted why usually people who support environmentalism also support a woman’s right to choose and why people who oppose environmentalism also oppose … Read more
Powerful TED talk on health, food, and what corporate agriculture is doing to us
I am linking to a powerful TED talk about the state of American food and health. It is particularly revealing at showing the absolute contradiction between putting profit ahead of everything and the complex moral relationships that make up human … Read more
Understanding Democracy, part III: Democracy as a spontaneous order
I was out of town at our first “Cosmos and Taxis” conference in Vancouver, BC. Now that I am back I am picking up my series of mini-essays on what democracies are and why so many do not understand them.… Read more