Author Archives: Bradlaugh

One for Heather

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Bradlaugh

A Yemenia Airlines plane crashed into the Indian Ocean Tuesday. Of the 153 people on board, only one survived, 13-year-old Bahia Baraki of Paris. Said her Dad:  “I can’t say that it’s a miracle, I can say that it is God’s will.” I … Continue reading →

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Why Abortion?

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Mr. Hume:   The salience of abortion as a social-conservative issue has at least three components: (1) As an aspect of the culture of permissiveness that persons of a conservative temperament deplore.  Abortion “travels” by association with promiscuity, homosexuality, pot … Continue reading →

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Where Pretty Lies Perish

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Bradlaugh

I’m by no means the first to admit it, but I find the Roissy in DC blog hilarious and totally addictive.  He’s one of us, for sure (secular, Right); and his stone reductionism appeals to me enough to override the … Continue reading →

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Disenchantment

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Just finished Thomas Metzinger’s new book The Ego Tunnel (which you can get for a few dollars at Abebooks — Amazon want some ridiculous price). It’s a very good survey of current mind studies. Metzinger is a philosopher, but he’s up … Continue reading →

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The Frontiers of Disgust

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Bradlaugh

I mentioned in a previous post that the next great social change arising from ever-heightened empathy might be an end to the mass killing of large animals for food. A reader contributed the following, off-line: Mr. D.:  Removing “mass slaughter … Continue reading →

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What’s A Fetus?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Mr. Hume:  A great deal of what is said about abortion is, it seems to me, empty word-play. “It’s a person!” says Megan McArdle. “We all agree, don’t we, that killing a person, other than an enemy in war or convicted … Continue reading →

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Supersense

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Bradlaugh

After reading this Michael Shermer piece I went to Amazon and looked up Bruce Hood’s book Supersense.  Amazon has posted an engaging little short video of Hood talking about his book — engaging enough, at any rate, that I momentarily forgot … Continue reading →

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Back to the Paleolithic

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Thanks to Mr. Stuttaford & Mr. Hume for their responses. A few points at random. •  (1) Is conservatism coextensive with libertarianism? You’d think so from reading the exchanges here. However, it seems to me there ought to be political room … Continue reading →

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SR Case Against Gay Marriage (cont.)

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Bradlaugh

The comment thread here has me wondering how many conservatives we actually have reading Secular Right. •  The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868. The idea of gay marriage emerged from the lunatic fringe around 10 years ago, I think. … Continue reading →

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Religious Left

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Why do we need a secular right blog? Well for one thing, because institutional religion, and religious institutions, are all too often cheerleaders for the multicultural Left. Case in point: Providence College. From a friend: Congressman Tom Tancredo will be making … Continue reading →

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