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Randy Cohen Questions Catholic, Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Ethics
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Brad Hirschfield
This week’s NY Times Magazine carries a question posed to Randy Cohen, who writes “The Ethicist” column, and his answer strikes me as ethically questionable. But first the question and relevant portion of his answer: “I belong to a Catholic religious order and am in formation to become a priest. As part of my training,…
Theocracy or Democracy? Is One Always Better?
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Brad Hirschfield
“Isn’t the conflict in Iran essentially between supporters of a theocracy and those who aspire to having a democracy?” That is the question that was put to me earlier today by a reporter from National Public Radio. But it seems to simplistic a way to understand the turmoil in Iran for any number of reasons,…
Deut. 4:9 and Shocking News About Men and Cancer
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Brad Hirschfield
Men are 60 percent more likely to develop forms of cancer that affect both genders, and 70 percent more likely to die from the disease, British researchers found. Pretty scarry right? But the good news is that there are things we can do to improve our chances. The differences in how men and women fare…
Reverand Wright is Wrong Again
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Brad Hirschfield
Referring to “them Jews”, Jeremiah Wright blamed Jewish voters for keeping his former parishioner, President Obama, from giving him a call. And while he was at it, he blamed “them Jews” from keeping the President from speaking out more forcefull against Israel. Why is this news?
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