In Print
- 16.Feb
- The fallacy of first impressions
On Friday, I had an on-air exchange that fascinated me. I had just replayed a portion of my interview with Dr. Nick Bostrom, an Oxford University professor and well-known transhumanist, on the subject of his Simulation Argument. This is the paper that spurred a serious academic discussion in 2003 on the idea that there is [...]
- 18.Jan
- Things I found in my office desk
I cleaned out my desk today. Yikes. I’m not a hoarder – normally I’m a brutal junker of everything my family holds near and dear – but my office desk gets overlooked, so here it is, a list of items I’ve removed from the desk drawers today.
3 cellphones, chargers, boxes, manuals.
A gun lock.
A cap gun [...]- 04.Jan
- Thousands gather to protest global warming
- 02.Jan
- Avatar
Happy New Year!
I first heard about Avatar 2 years ago. No movie could live up to a two-year hype, surely? In fact, this film in many ways surpasses my initial expectations. The trailers do not do justice to the results of this new paradigm in movie-making technology. This is the biggest step forward in modern [...]- 30.Dec
- My top 5 reasons to lower the U.S. legal drinking age to 18
1) Alcohol education starts at home, and yet we have outlawed the act of learning in the average home (most people move out long before they turn 21 and therefore, under the law, parents have no chance to permit legal responsible drinking in the home).
2) When people learn from their peers rather than older adults [...]- 24.Dec
- Merry Christmas!
On Radio
- 02.Mar
- My “Public Apology” quiz
I host and produce a ‘news’ show, and once in a while I can turn the news into a game. With the popularity of the ‘public apology’ as a way for celebrities and politicians to attempt to recover from controversy affecting their careers (some faring better than others), and the recent spate of such apologies [...]
- 18.Feb
- Unfortunately I was right….
The case of Rom Houben, the Belgian man in a coma for 23 years who was reported to have been communicating, made a great Thanksgiving tale. At the time, though, I wasn’t convinced after seeing the videos of his finger being moved around a special keyboard by a ‘facilitator’, and said so on-air that day.
Now, [...]- 14.Jan
- Pat Robertson on Haiti
Televangelist and 700 Club host Pat Robertson is making news again with his controversial theory on why Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake earlier this week. Here I take 2 minutes to react to his comments. Press play below.
BIO
John Wright can be heard daily on KLPZ 1380am, broadcasting along the California/Arizona state line in the United States. John is a libertarian and started this blog in 2003 as a response to current affairs. [Read more...]
