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Biographical sketch of Jonathan Edwards: slides (PDF); audio (MP3) |
| "This is a sad day for the freedom of speech. Who could have imagined that the same Court which, within the past four years, has sternly disapproved of restrictions upon such inconsequential forms of expression as virtual child pornography, Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U. S. 234 (2002), tobacco advertising, Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly, 533 U. S. 525 (2001), dissemination of illegally intercepted communications, Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U. S. 514 (2001), and sexually explicit cable programming, United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., 529 U. S. 803 (2000), would smile with favor upon a law that cuts to the heart of what the First Amendment is meant to protect: the right to criticize the government." -- Justice Scalia in dissenting opinion in MCCONNELL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL., decided 10 December 2003. |
One day, deo volente, I hope to have much information on logic here.
My plan is to concentrate on inductive logic,
because there seem to be few web sites
that address this form of logic very well.
In practice, nearly all arguments are inductive;
pure deductive arguments are fairly rare
outside of logic textbooks.
Right now, all that is here is the following:
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Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls. Proverbs 25:28 (reload page for a new quote) |