[youtube id=”TWvBj0jNI1Q”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:03:57 Adopt the idea that there is no Snidely Whiplash and have more accurate beliefs and much better dialogue and understanding of people with whom you disagree. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or click here to subscribe in SoundCloud! Subscribe … Read More
Five Takeaways from the New Undercover Video from Center for Medical Progress
The new Center for Medical Progress video shows a conversation between two undercover journalists and an abortion practitioner, Dr. DeShawn Taylor. Dr. Taylor is the former medical director for Planned Parenthood Arizona. Here are the most important points to note from this video. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. #1: Dr. … Read More
PODCAST: Don’t Call People Animals
[youtube id=”q4wSg_aHy8U”] Download Audio MP3 | 00:03:57 I read an article arguing that if you oppose dehumanizing fetuses, you should oppose dehumanizing anyone. Call them evil people. Never call them animals. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or click here to subscribe in SoundCloud! Subscribe to the Equipped … Read More
Stop Calling People Animals
Almost two years ago I read about twenty-one Coptic Christians whom ISIS beheaded. One of my Facebook friends shared the list of the martyrs’ names, and, as I read through them, I noticed that one of them, Samuel Alham Wilson, happened to have the same first and last name as … Read More
Snidely Whiplash Is Not on Facebook
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Are you frustrated with political polarization? Have you noticed that conversations between the opposite ends of the political spectrum are getting harder and harder? Do you wonder why it has gotten so ugly, and do you wish you could do something about it? Read on. … Read More
Three Tips for Dealing with the Name-Dropper
Philosophy majors can be incredibly obnoxious. I should know. I was one. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Philosophy is a tool. Like any tool, it can be used for good or for evil. In the hands of a surgeon, a scalpel can be used to save a life. In the … Read More
Learning to Allow Space for the Thinking Pause
You can’t dialogue well about abortion or anything else unless you learn to listen well. It should be obvious to anyone that if you want to listen well you shouldn’t interrupt people when they’re in the middle of a sentence. Something much less obvious is that you shouldn’t interrupt people … Read More
How Should Conservatives Respond to the Disturbing Trend of Campus Censorship?
We experienced an aggressive protest at UC Davis, but this is part of a disturbing, growing trend of censorship of conservative speech on college campuses. This is an extended version of an article from our last printed newsletter. Warning: This blog post includes strong language when directly quoting leftist protesters. … Read More
Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism
Bodily rights arguments for abortion are always extremist arguments, at least in the way people present them. No bodily rights argument that I have ever seen (or even heard of any pro-choice advocate making) leaves room for abortion exceptions. Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. Not all pro-choice people are extremists. … Read More
Planned Parenthood’s Absurd Position on HIV Disclosure
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. This morning I saw an article on DailyWire and I couldn’t decide if I was surprised or not. Kimberly Ellis points out that in Matt Lauer’s recent interview with Charlie Sheen, they were operating under a clear assumption that it is morally obligatory to disclose … Read More