Jan 31, 2017
Ideas have consequences. In 2016 the Oxford English Dictionary declared 'post-truth' to be the word of the year. It describes a situation where emotions are superior to facts in any given situation. In the Battle of Ideas, lives are truly at stake. Should emotions trump facts when it means taking human lives? Air Date: N/A
Jan 28, 2017
English Common Law protected children after 'quickening' because that was the most advanced and confirmable science. With the advancement in scientific medicine conception was confirmed as the start of human life when mammalian conception was witnessed under the modern microscope in 1836. The British Common Law followed...
Jan 27, 2017
Elizabeth Kubler Ross, author of "On Death and Dying," described the inevitable 5-Stages of Grief that every individual faces, as well as the emotions of their loved ones, when dealing with a pending death. The theme of her book that to surrender to those emotions rather than grow through them is a tragic...
Jan 26, 2017
The Roe v Wade decision struck down the law of all 50 states. In the decision Justice Blackmun admitted a right to an abortion was not to be found in the Constitution but instead 'emanated from a penumbra' (Latin: almost a shadow) of the Constitution. Judges who look to the Constitution will soon overturn the sweeping...
Jan 25, 2017
Commissioner Johnston explains his interest in language and the significance of language carrying ideas that can have great consequences. The importance of film, entertainment, and his commentary on the Oscar Nominated science-fiction film, Arrival (2016) and it's view on language. Air Date: N/A