To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Some people are inspired by Peter Singer. Others think he is the most dangerous intellectual in America. Everyone at least agrees on this: The Australian-born Princeton University emeritus professor is never boring. Singer is a bioethicist. He specializes in how scientific principles should lead human beings to think and behave. He wrote the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. Paul Offit loves children. As a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and immunology, he’s long been at the center of the debates swirling around the efficacy of vaccines. When he thinks that parents or politicians have made choices that put kids at risk, he doesn’t hesitate to speak up. That includes writing an… Read more »
From time to time I share lunch with a friend who is quick to describe himself as a happy heathen. He’s one of the smartest people I know. He’s also quick-witted, hard-working, and optimistic. I cherish our conversations. As a secular materialist, he professes no need of believing in God. He seems to live with a calm acceptance that his… Read more »
