Commentary – Page 168

#1 Qualms with gender selection: a pro choice paradox

Dec 31, 2011

As the year, 2011 winds down, I have decided to reblog some of my favorite posts of this past year. This piece was published on August 18, and it is my personal favorite piece of writing of mine all year. I thank everyone who took the time to read my blog this year. I wrote…

#2 Response to Hawking on premier of “Curiosity”

Dec 30, 2011

As 2011 winds down, I have decided to reblog some of my favorite posts from this past year. In this post, I take issue with a couple of philosophical ideas expressed by Stephen Hawking. Originally published August 8. Brilliant British cosmologist Stephen Hawking was the premier of a new Discovery Channel series called “Curiosity” last…

#3 Is America ready for a Mormon president? One writer says NO

Dec 29, 2011

As 2011 winds down, I’ve decided to reblog some of my favorite posts from this past year. This post is actually the combination of a series of two posts I did on the book “Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters.” Originally posted July 13 and July 14. Conservative strategist Tricia Erickson does not believe that…

#4 Why do you vote how you vote? And how do you know you’re right? Why I don’t vote

Dec 28, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons As 2011 comes to an end, I am reposting some of my favorite pieces of the year. In this post, I make some observations about voting as well as how we struggle to form objective opinions about the things which we vote on, and instead, simplify issues while jumping…

#5 – Justification for favoring the death penalty and being pro life

Dec 27, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, I am reposting some of my favorite pieces of the year. In this post, I discuss politics and views on life. Originally published September 19. Read a couple of interesting articles last week in the Washington Post. Both discuss the death penalty. The first article, “Like Rick Perry, most…