First, some music: The tale of Jack Orion is a British Isles Traditional ballad. It’s been performed by several musicians and groups, including (of course) Pentangle. For villainy and woe, it ranks high among stories of its kind. While the traditional lyric is beautiful and evocative, it’s also rather long, so I’ll provide …
Category: morals and ethics
Jul 03 2021
Formerly Unconscionable Connections
News item: Former Police Officer Recounts Witnessing ‘Industrialized’ Organ Harvesting in China The following are questions our society would almost certainly have insisted be asked in another era. Have you asked what is the source of your life-saving organ? To what soul or grieving family may you direct thanks for it? If you asked, did …
Jun 04 2021
Asides: The Unwittingly Self-Undermining Extra Argument
(Yeah, yeah, I got tired of calling them “quickies.”) Via Weird Dave at AosHQ, we have this citation by Bari Weiss: Just ask Norman Wang. Last year, the University of Pittsburgh cardiologist was demoted by his department after he published a paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) analyzing …
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