My Casualty Report in Salvo Issue #46 is on modern-day eugenics. In several countries, the ratio of boys born compared to girls is well above the naturally occurring ratio of 104 to 106 boys for every 100 girls. Keep in … Continue reading
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Salvo Issue #44 has some great articles on living as a whole person in a broken world. I was particularly impressed with “Suffer These Children: True Confessions of a Guardian ad Litem” by Raymond J. Brown, who serves as a … Continue reading
My latest Casualty Report has recent statistics on pornography and its affects on society. The title of the article comes from the hypothetical scenario I draw of an alien that visits Earth and found that in one year humans watched … Continue reading
I have a new article in Salvo Magazine on Euthanasia. This is my second Casualty Report for Salvo and this time I provide the latest numbers on how many people have died as a result of euthanasia, where it is … Continue reading
Salvo Magazine has a section called “Casualty Report” where they will report on current trends and statistics. I wrote this quarter’s report on sex trafficking. While the report is factual in tone, it was a difficult topic to research. I … Continue reading
Check out my latest post at Salvo’s blog, Signs of the Times. I look at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on how the words “natural,” “unnatural,” and “nature” are used in the media, journals, and in other venues. In … Continue reading
My latest post in Salvo’s Signs of the Times addresses a question posed by several researchers from Australia, The Netherlands, and the U.K. in a recent commentary in Nature Methods: What if stem cells turn into embryos in a dish? … Continue reading
In my latest blog post at Salvo’s Signs of the Times I comment on the recently published research out of Nature that says scientists are very close to making a yeast strain that will convert glucose into morphine. … Continue reading
Before Indiana was in the news for the religious freedom act, the governor announced a public health crisis because an inordinate number of people in Scott County have contracted HIV through the use of shared needles. I reported on it, … Continue reading
My recent post on Salvo’s Blog, Signs of the Times, addresses the not-so-accurately-named “three-parent” IVF vote. The House of Commons in the UK approved a technique that allows scientists to replace the nucleus of one woman’s egg to with the … Continue reading
In this week’s post at Salvo’s blog, Signs of the Times, I explore how America’s infatuation with productivity has lead to a skewed view of work and leisure. … Continue reading
I have a new post at Salvo Magazine on the case of Dutee Chand, a sprinter from India and Olympic hopeful, who was banned from competing due to her body’s natural ability to produce testosterone. Her case raises some bioethics … Continue reading
I have a new post at Salvo’s blog, Signs of the Times, on disruptive technologies and the mixed response to Apple’s new watch. The impetus for this post was an article by Ian Bogost in The Atlantic called “Future Ennui.” … Continue reading
I have a new post at Salvo Magazine’s blog about a recent study on cell phone addiction. The study found some interesting correlations between using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest and cell phone addiction among men and women. … Continue reading
I have a new post at Salvo Magazine’s blog on how perceived abnormalities or disabilities translate into abilities on the soccer field, in the pool, or in boardroom. This post was inspired by an article on Tim Howard, who has … Continue reading
Ever since COPS aired in 1989, the reality TV professional niche genre has found a willing following. Even among the television connoisseurs, reality TV shows that follow a particular profession seem a bit more high-brow than makeovers, contests, match-making, or … Continue reading
There’s been much ado about artificial intelligence lately. This has largely been prompted by a computer convincing some people that it is a 13-year-old boy and an article written by a veritable who’s who among emerging tech thinkers warning of … Continue reading
After seeing (and enjoying) X-Men: Days of Future Past, I wrote a blog postat Salvo Magazine’s blog on why we love comic book movies. If box office sales are any indicator, Americans love their comic book movies, so I explore … Continue reading
When it comes to making moral decisions, is it better to have emotional distance or to have compassion? My inaugural post at Salvo Magazine’s blog is on an interesting article in The Economist (by subscription) about whether making moral decisions … Continue reading