Doug Newman
Can a country that allows the medical professions to bankrupt whole families while providing no care or poor care to tens of millions of its indigent citizens be reasonably described as barbarous? Read More
I see that other readers have posted questions/suggestions in Bigthink's "Help" forums. Has posting to these forums been disallowed? Where and how can problems be reported? Does anyone administrate this stuff? Read More
No matter what permissions I allow my browser to grant, I cannot upload a simple graphic to illustrate an important point! the supposed link http://www.bigthink.com/create-idea/step2 simply will not respond to any attempt to upload a graphic.When I am logged in and try to go to Help, I am not ... Read More
Given Americans' lack of critical thinking in supporting an illegal war of aggression that successfully tricked citizens into re-electing Bush Jr. on 2004, do readers here think that a sneak attack on Iran in September or October will trickAmericans into electing McCain? Read More
America cannot be a Christian nation because Americans have decieved themselves or allowed themselves to be deceived about the meaning of Jesus' teachings. Americans who support the death penalty, for example, cannot be Christians if they believe in the Old Testament dictum "An eye for an eye and a ... Read More
Perhaps it is because when one reviews the remarks on a topic that demands logic and analysis, the responders often do not use logic or analysis. From the number of irrational, inane, and faith-based responses, it appears responders here do not, all to often, know how to apply logic.This ensures ... Read More
There is little evidence that Joe Average knows or cares about the consequences of more CO2 in the air. Many of the consequenses predicted for decades in the future have arrived already. People don't want to talk about it. I notice after three weeks only Inky has bothered to voice an opinion. Could ... Read More
The assertion that the emergence of a Preventive State is either necessary or desireable is pernicious. Mr. Dershowitz seems to argue that the prospect of horrors committed by individuals or small groups are more horrible than the atrocities carried out by established governments. I see little ... Read More
I agree with Ms. Strossen's assertion that the US is squandering presumed moral authority by abusing the rule of law in its "War on Terror". Some may question if the US has any moral authority at all, having prosecuted a war of agression with grave human consequenses. Ms. Strossen seemed eager to ... Read More
I find it fascinating that Mr. Armitage describes 'oxygen, gasoline, a spark and a conflagration' coming together as though these were forces of nature that simply came together apart from anyone's bidding and he seems unconcious of the idea that some people might actually bear some responsibility ... Read More