“There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.”—Alfred, Lord Tennyson “As we celebrate this July 4th, there is much to be thankful for and, as Tennyson admonishes us, much to challenge. An election year in which a president will be chosen is as fine a time as any to […]
Archives for July 2000
Genetic Considerations
The recent announcement of breakthrough progress in mapping the human genome reminded me of a lecture on bioethics at Rice University I attended several years ago. It became clear to me then that our 27-year old war over abortion and the Roe v. Wade decision is just the tip of the iceberg compared to […]
Old Thoughts on Leadership
Recently, in thumbing through some old files, I rediscovered copies of a speech and an article I authored on two occasions in the mid to late 1980’s. I was honored to be invited to deliver the commencement address to the Spring 1985 graduating class at Stephen F. Austin State University and, in 1989, I was […]
Creeping Boboism
David Brooks, Senior Editor of the Weekly Standard, has written a perceptive, but (to me) troubling book about the state of the upper middle class American ethos. Titled Bobos In Paradise, it posits a new ruling class, the bohemian bourgeoisie (“bobo”), that has been created by bridging the opposing cultural value systems. Briefly, Bobos are […]