The Threats Posed to Israel by a Palestinian State
And the greater danger of believing in the necessity of a two-state solution.
October 23, 2017
Science and Religion: Not Opposites after All
René Descartes, Thomas Kuhn, and the rejection of tradition.
The rejection of tradition and authority as reliable sources of knowledge in favor of observation and ratiocination is typically taken as a basic premise of modern scientific thought. It is closely associated with René Descartes (1596-1650), who sought to build up knowledge of the world on the premise of doubting even the fact of his own existence. But, drawing on the work of the historian of science Thomas Kuhn, M. Anthony Mills argues that such an inherently anti-religious stance is not a necessary precondition for science:
October 23, 2017
Human Rights, Hypocrisy, and the Challenge of Crafting a Moral U.S. Foreign Policy
Dictatorships and double standards, revisited.
With the Fall of Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran Scores Another Victory
Echoes of Beirut, 2008.
Science and Religion: Not Opposites after All
René Descartes, Thomas Kuhn, and the rejection of tradition.
Christian Zionism Goes Global
Reporting from the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem.