David Goldberg
As legality of circumcision is debated, U.S. group recommends the practice
A German doctor filed a criminal complaint against a Jewish mohel for performing ritual circumcisions in that country — a practice one court found to be illegal. Meanwhile, in the United States Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics revised its position and recommended circumcision as a beneficial practice for infant boys.
The Mechanics of Time Travel
Simon Wells (the great-grandson of H.G. Wells) directed the 2002 film adaptation of his ancestor’s classic novel, The Time Machine – he explains his design for the time machine. David Goldberg thinks it will actually look more like a spaceship; he and Connie Willis also debate whether a visitor to the past would be able […]