Forum: Philosophy and Current Events

Hiyas, i stumbled across something in the god thread, but did not want to hijack it, so i decided to make a new one about this. Here is what...

I'm really hoping i'm not starting a religious debate by posting this, and i'm hoping that as a community we're made of better stuff than to resort...

This is recount is probably the worst non fiction survival story I've ever heard. This guy's bravery is just incredible:...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/23/child.rape.ap/index.html Oh I hope this passes in the supreme court. Maybe? I can always cross my fingers.

I found this boy's site accidentally, but I wanted to share it all with you. He started this in 7th grade, and he's now 15. He works to support...

This is where your social/communist medicine comes into play. The more people are responsible for themselves, the less cost there is to society. It's...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/mangled.helmet.ap/index.html Some people balk at wearing a helmet. This guy is probably going to be foremost in...

This is definitely a huge topic, and very complicated to say the least. Just wanting to hear people's thoughts on the issue, as it ties into...

Something that I thought was interesting recently was a question asked of the Republican candidates at the debate: "Should the constitution be...

This is an older story (well, early in the year), but I've got a discursive exam question on the scientific, ethical and social aspects of the...

Smoke in Movies -- Get an "R" In a rare alteration of its movie ratings system, the MPAA said on Thursday that the panel that assesses Hollywood...

I have noticed there is not much activity here lately, and I wonder how many people share the same general malaise I have about politics in general....

I am writing a paper for a class, and I have to do field research. I know a lot of Threshers are pretty up on politics, and the subject of my paper...

I'm really not a big fan of Paris Hilton. She sorta stands for a lot of what's wrong these days ( i.e. being propelled to stardom for making a porn...

Sad. Pulitzer Prize winner Halberstam killed in car crash

I posted this here because it deals with the ongoing legistion with immigration to the US. A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in...

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/04/17/dr-phil-blames-video-games-for-virginia-tech-massacre/ Bonus points to author for calling Jack Thompson a...

http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/19/alec-baldwins-threatening-message-to-daughter Listen to it if you haven't, its worth it, my coworkers made me listen...

Ok, I can't find a discussion on this. I know you all have opinions. Let 'er rip. :)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was among those who denounced yesterday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the Federal Partial Birth Abortion...

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070417/D8OIHNT80.html Ah, what times we live in. Here's one for the pro-gun control crowd to chew on: ...

taken from here News24 I pasted it so you wouldn't have to register. Wolfowitz to head World Bank? 16/03/2005 20:53 - (SA) ...

Now what is up with this? You're telling me the richest religion in the world can have certain pockets of itself claim bankruptcy? What is this going...

Well I kinda like Newt Gingrich. I can't approve of his reference to "ghetto" language, which I attribute more to ebonics, but he is correct in my...

I had heard the British government released the coordinates of where the sailors had been taken and that they indeed were not in Iranian waters....