Archive for May, 2006

Posted on May 31, 2006 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Clarifying the Abortion Debate

My last article about abortion created some controversy, most of it unnecessary. That’s the thing about the abortion debate: the parties of pro-choice and pro-life — and all the others not confined by this artificial binary — talk past each other, rarely hitting on the same — and crucial — foundational beliefs. What [...]

Posted on May 5, 2006 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Abortion Protests: Missing the Point

Some issues aren’t easy. Abortion is one of them. But, as is often the case, the sides stoop to worthless hyperbole without so much as a batted eyelash. I recall seeing a photo once of a protester at an abortion rights march. The banner the young woman was holding up read: [...]

Posted on May 4, 2006 - by Aaron Ross Powell

How to Dismiss Intelligent Design

Christopher Hitchens once said, when speaking of religion, “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” This simple statement gives us all we need to safely ignore the silliness of intelligent design.

Whether one thinks it is good evidence or bad, one cannot deny that there is evidence for evolution. [...]