The Only Orthodoxy is Reason

When one has a major decision to make, it’s important to take a step back and understand not only the decision and its ramifications, but some key assumptions that lead you to the point of considering one’s various alternatives.  Are the known facts of the case correct or in error?  Does the line of reasoning […]

Here’s a simple question that arose during a conversation I was having with a friend of mine, to which I realized I had no satisfactory answer:
Are violent video games sinful?
For those not familiar with the medium of video games, it is a multi-billion dollar per year industry.  The median age of video game players in […]

During the last eight years, America has been especially committed to the ideal of spreading democracy around the globe, largely due to the efforts of the Bush administration.  The administration expressed this ideal through the Bush Doctrine, which, for the first time, explicitly dedicated America to aiding democratic nations because they were (nominally) democratic, regardless of whether […]