In so many ways, science promotes truth and justice. We need not rely on unfounded opinions and beliefs. Science can establish moral principles. For example, a few hundred years ago, the belief was that a mentally ill person had been possessed by a demon. The cure was to beat and torture the person until the …
[Editor’s Note: The average citizen here in Mexico not owning firearms has not stopped the heartbreaking statistic that while Latin America accounts for just 8% of the world population, it has a 33% homicide rate with firearms. Much of such violence goes unreported in the Mexican press. This is not so in the US. There, the …
Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press. In 1517, 67 years later, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses for Church reform on the church door in Wittenberg, in what today is Germany. His 95 Theses began the Protestant Reformation, which led to a series of religious wars that lasted about 131 years and …
Guest Editorial By Fred Mittag “In Defense of Guns” A man who killed ten people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. You see? It was not the gun’s fault because it was not the cause of the killings – it was mental illness. Texas Governor Gregg Abbott is …
The Radio Act of 1927 required equal time for political candidates. That rule is still in effect. In 1949, the Federal Communications Commission enacted what was called the “fairness doctrine.” It required broadcasters to give equal time to both sides of controversial issues. Many credit this policy with preventing the extreme polarization of today. Ronald …
Gay people have been loathed, tortured, and executed by their governments. Iran, for example, regularly hangs gays—including teenagers. Gay teenagers take their lives at four times the rate of their peers. LGBT youth are not inherently more prone to suicide. It’s a reaction to stress put on them by society. Many contentious school board meetings …
Fred Mittag, examines how the laws of physics come to bear on the world of music.
“The Greatest Generation – and Us” Looking at modern history, one wonders if ours is the generation of wimps. Not only that, a sizable portion of our population has rejected traditional American values in favor of sheer ignorance and self-centered behavior. For example, the rebellion against masks and vaccinations in the name of “my freedoms.” …
