Voices Heard around the ‘Sphere
Joshua B observes that Catholics, broadly speaking, tend to agree more with those who share their politics than with those who share their faith when debating the hot issues of the day.
Vincent L. Stand argues that, at the present moment, modernity poses a greater threat to Christianity than postmodernity. I don’t quite agree with his definition of postmodernity, but I readily agree with him that Christians of any age risk supplanting the Gospel with a philosophy or allowing a philosophy to pervert their Christianity.
Matthew Alexander, a former senior military interrogator, reviews Marc Thiessen’s book Courting Disaster and corrects the former speechwriter on his facts and moral reasoning: “Courting Disaster is nothing more than the defense’s opening statement in a war crimes trial.”
Scott Horton considers the role of medical professionals in the U.S. torture program: “In the torture memos, medical professionals pop up repeatedly. They define and refine torture techniques, and sometimes they are even in the room to be sure that torture procedures are applied to maximum effect. This conduct clearly violates the law and professional ethics standards.”
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