Neptunus Lex

R.I.P.

Memoria in Aeterna

Frank W. Buckles, the last doughboy standing, is gone.

May he, and the countless others who served, never be forgotten.

Up Not Out

Edward Glaeser touts the merits of the skyscraper in an Atlantic article.

I think I will ease into this slowly...

What, exactly, can science claim to know?

How Did I Get Here?

Mark Hughes of the Independent travels to Baltimore looking for The Wire. From experience I can say that Fayette and Monroe looks worse than ever.

Reflections on Management

TNR has an interesting article on how business schools are affecting businesses.

Independence

A good thing.

Happy 4th.

Religion and Modernity

New Statesman review of " God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World".

Simon Blackburn and the subtleties of David Hume's religious beliefs.

Christopher Hitchens on the evolution/creationism debate now taking place in Texas.

"There are days when I almost wish the fundamentalist could get their own way, just so that they would find out what would happen to them."

Rawls and Religion

Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel explore the religious undertones of the lifelong work of John Rawls.

The Moral Problem of World Poverty

Peter Singer takes educators to task for failing to address the problem of world poverty.

"If we take seriously the idea that the value of a human life does not diminish when we cross national boundaries, then we ought to be giving a much higher priority to reducing world poverty. I have in mind a broad re-envisioning of what we teach."

I freely admit that if we were to believe in a universal morality then the problem of global poverty should be of some concern.  

Since I don't, I leave it to better people.

Society Without God

Phil Zuckerman wonders if religious societies really are better off.

The Meaning of Offense

Slate's Emily Yoffe looks at the importance that offense has in our social life.