Human Exceptionalism

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Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism

China, the Virus, and the Imperative to Build for Tomorrow

Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism
Marc Andreessen's "It's Time To Build" is a hopeful cri de coeur in this time of pandemic. Americans, and American elite leadership specifically, need what strikes me as essentially a spiritual awakening, and Andreessen speaks to that in his own way by pointing out that an ugly aspect of American life that this virus has revealed is a sort of cultural impotence. Read More ›
Taipei, Taiwan, March 12, 2020. A Chinese man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
A man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wearing a face mask for protection from the novel coronavirus and riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.
Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

Taiwan Learned Who Not to Trust

Tom Shakely
April 20, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
Why has Taiwan done so well in combating COVID-19 — this pestilence that the press initially was calling the “Chinese coronavirus” or “Wuhan virus”? Simple: Taiwan’s leadership assumed everything it was hearing was a lie. A PBS News Hour feature sheds light on the skeptic posture that America must adopt toward Beijing going forward. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

Coronavirus: Triage if Necessary, Health-Care Rationing, Never

Wesley J. Smith
April 2, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
With the raging coronavirus pandemic threatening millions with infection, people are rightly worried that we could face the awful circumstance in which there are insufficient life-saving medical resources available for all catastrophically ill patients needing care. If that dark day comes, decisions will literally have to be made as to who among the seriously ill will be given an optimal chance to fight for life under intensive medical care, and who may have to face a likely death, albeit under palliative care. Read More ›
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John G. West
March 25, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

John G. West
March 25, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

In the case of Darwin’s idea of unguided evolution and of a planet of life formed from blind, merciless material processes alone, West notes a range of consequences and impacts, on how we see the sanctity of human, how we understand morality and spirituality, and much more. In an interview with Sir David Attenborough, in 2013, the famed evolutionist called Read More ›