Guy Barnett
Passing the Buck
Many have condemned how lenders are dealing with the sup-prime mortgage crisis. Do they deserve this criticism?
Ending Racism through Racism
Black conservatives are conflicted about whom to vote for in the upcoming presidential elections. Is this indecision motivated by racism?
Girls Gone Mild
An article in the New York Times titled “Students of Virginity” reports on the surprising number of “abstinence clubs” popping up on university campuses all over the country. These clubs try to discourage students from engaging in pre-marital sex.
According to the article, a growing number of students that have been exposed to similar clubs in [...]
Defining Life: The Moral Case for Stem Cell Research
Sidebar: A Little Change Means a Lot
In a recent political move, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain voiced his opposition to embryonic stem cell research (ESC). Yet, even as the controversy rages on, the real reasons for opposition to embryonic stem cell research are increasingly obscured.
Stem cells are, in simplest terms, the basic cells that [...]
A Little Change Means a Lot
Opponents of embryonic stem cell research often highlight the similarities between babies, fetuses, and embryos, and dismiss the obvious difference between them. Their arguments almost invariably rely on the difficulty of marking precise dividing lines between them, and offer this difficulty as a reason to dismiss the distinctions outright. According to these proponents, there is [...]
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Objectivism
The Undercurrent's cultural commentary is based on Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Objectivism, which animates Ayn Rand's fiction, is a systematic philosophy of life. It holds that the universe is orderly and comprehensible, that man survives by reason, that his life and happiness comprise his highest moral purpose, and that he flourishes only in a society that protects his individual rights.Event Calendar
