Current Events

Current Events

Are Humans Really Different than Animals?

Evolutionary biological theory makes some pretty remarkable assertions about human beings in relation to the rest of life on our planet.  Most of us are familiar with many of these, which include that all life has evolved from a common single-celled ancestor, random mutations produce beneficial results, and that humanity is nothing more than a primate with elevated…

A New Year, An Old Story

Martin Scorsese has been one of the most admired and prolific directors and producers of feature films over the past 50 years.  His films are known for their unflinching takes on some of the darker aspects of life (though they do not represent his entire oeuvre, he is perhaps best known for his crime-drama works like “Goodfellas,” “Casino,” and “The Departed”). …

A New “Normal”?

Back in the early 1960s, the philosopher Hannah Arendt covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the notorious Nazi who oversaw the logistics of transporting millions of Jews and other peoples whom the Nazis considered “undesirable” to concentration camps and their deaths.  As Arendt spent time observing and studying the case, she was struck by the fact that Eichmann was…

Cynicism and Benny Hinn

Sometimes, you encounter an event that causes you to scratch your head and struggle to reconcile two things that you didn’t think could exist simultaneously.  This happened to me recently (as I’m sure it happened to many others) when I heard that Benny Hinn had publicly made some statements that seemed to indicate he was turning away from the prosperity gospel he had…