by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 16, 2013 | In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
Earlier this week, an email from my local creation museum informed me that said museum had been refused membership in the area’s Museum Council. I’d spoken to employees and friends of the museum the day that some representatives of the Council had visited,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 5, 2013 | In The News
Christians active in the battle against pornography have lately been excited by news of a not-yet-peer-reviewed Cambridge study popularly reported to prove that “porn addiction” is as real as addiction to drugs or alcohol. When I first heard about this (in...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 23, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Note: Some format fixes to this old post, completed in June 2023, may cause some direct links I’ve provided to paragraphs to be off a bit. The anchors for these direct links are created by code when posts load, so changes to the posts change the anchors. I...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 1, 2013 | Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, Resources
“‘Social’ or Distributive Justice.” Chapter 9 in Law, Legislation and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy, Volume 2: The Mirage of Social Justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. Pages...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 21, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary
In a couple book reviews, I took issue with one author’s anti-individualist rhetoric and expressed gratitude (though not perfect satisfaction) for another’s effort to distinguish between different uses of the word “individualism.” I’ve...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 4, 2013 | Activism (Petitions and Such), In The News
Concerning the Manhattan Declaration (available on the Manhattan Project site, accessed 04 February 2013)….I have just signed this declaration). However, I thought I should note that my signing is not a blanket endorsement of all the wording found in it (though I do...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 16, 2013 | Activism (Petitions and Such)
Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. I continue to sign online petitions. While not so deluded as to believe signing these will have any influence on policy (all my representatives have strong ideological commitments,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 28, 2012 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
Image: Anti-abortion activists at Knoxville March for Life 2013, courtesy photographer Brian Stansberry (Creative Commons license). Learn more here.Alas, I remain incapable of achieving extremest-of-the-extreme status. Compared to blogger Justin Edwards (a man likely...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 27, 2012 | In The News
Like his typical remarks on foreign policy (remember those Republican primary debates?), Ron Paul’s response to Wayne LaPierre shows what happens when praiseworthy ideals are wedded to a weak grasp of reality. Though common grace (God’s pervasive positive...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 15, 2012 | In The News
Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. U-T San Diego letter writers have continued trying, within the U-T word allowance for letters (125 words per the letter editor’s email to me a while back, though the...