Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? — Epicurus
There are 652 women’s and gender studies programs in the United States; undergraduate women’s studies courses enrolled nearly 89,000 students in 2005-06; and 30.4 percent of women’s studies faculty are faculty of color, versus 19 percent of faculty nationally. Gender and/or women’s studies classes are reported to be populated entirely by women and gay men, …
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Recent findings from a poll of 52 environmental experts and 36 climate researchers, who were asked to rank regions at greatest risk of climate change: One year from now: Indian summer monsoon is destabilized and erratic. Could flip chaotically, with floods one year and drought the next. 10 years from now: Arctic ice melts (high …
According to the Guttmacher Institute the U.S. abortion rate has declined to its lowest level since 1974, the year after Roe v. Wade was decided. In 2005, the rate was 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44. The absolute number has gone down as well, to 1.2 million abortions in …
Man cannot live by bread alone. He needs hope of a better life and a better society, free of the sordid ambition of the few. A small minority seize the lead by fair means or foul in most instances, distastefully reaching their personal ends at the expense of the hopes and interests of the many. …
