Talk:Jay W. Richards

message: Some of the material on the page doesn't conform to the wikipedia policy of neutrality. For example, the comment about global warming.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmp717200 (talk • contribs) 19:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How does this (apparently purely factual) statement violate WP:NPOV? HrafnTalkStalk(P) 08:29, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

text: GinnySue: if there are "published articles" then please cite them. I have no interest in watching the cited "online lecture" by an individual with no expertise, but an obvious theological axe to grind, on the subject. I would point out that his inexpert "questioning the extent of human influence on the same" IS expressing "skepticism about global warming" as the Scientific opinion on climate change is that it is "is very likely caused by man". I would also like to inquire what your relationship is to Richards, as you are a WP:SPA on this topic, show a strong familiarity with his WP:SELFPUB material and tend to write with a distinct partiality towards him. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 05:21, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Does anyone have any information about this persons educational background? Or what he did before becoming an author, spokensman.  Anything on his bona fides? 99.64.210.32 (talk) 03:43, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: This edit, by GinnySue cited the following unreliable and/or WP:SELFPUB sources:
*blog.american.com (multiple times)
*www.calloftheentrepreneur.com
*www.thebirthoffreedom.com
*www.effectivestewardship.com
*www.amazon.com
*www.veoh.com
Additionally, the language introduced by the edit was POV and unencyclopaedic. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 02:48, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edit 

message: Speaking as one with a wee bit more familiarity with Jay and his work than Hrafn, given that Jay was my boss while I interned at the Acton Institute in the summer of '08, this wanton skepticism with respect to his biographical details *reeks* of POV and hostility on the part of Hrafn.  While I could not corroborate this work of my own without giving out too-personal information to someone who seems rather hostile towards a member of an organization for which I once worked, and a rather snarky editor at that, I would refer the audience to this:
http://blog.acton.org/archives/1947-what-would-jesus-drive-jay-w-richards-in-nro.html
and this:
http://www.acton.org/category/social-tags/jay-richards
and this:
http://www.acton.org/category/person/jay-w-richards
And as to the subject of assisting and even leading Acton's documentary production (none of which Hrafn has watched, CLEARLY, since he is in all the cited documentaries as a speaking part), the last link attests that he was working with Acton Media at the time of those documentaries which Acton produced.  Call of the Entrepreneur, Effective Stewardship, and Birth of Freedom were EACH Acton documentaries on which he assisted. Consider me an expert witness, since I helped distribute them; furthermore, I was there at some of their filming, assisting Jay, who was in the room with the interviewed voices.
Furthermore, while I will not relate any personal interactions, Jay's work on other projects was dominating much of his time in 2008, and when I called him the next semester he had already left Acton to work on his own projects.  So that data, if not cited, is entirely correct.  Moreover, that he is a contributing editor at the American is something one may deduce from the bio blurb at the bottom of any of his SIX ARTICLES in that periodical.http://www.american.com/archive/2011/february/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-robot-overlords/http://www.american.com/archive/2011/january/the-immateriality-of-wealth/http://www.american.com/archive/2010/november/did-physics-kill-god/http://www.american.com/archive/2010/march/when-to-doubt-a-scientific-consensus/http://www.american.com/archive/2009/december-2009/the-miser-versus-the-entrepreneur/http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/greed-is-not-good-and-its-not-capitalism/
The blurb: "Jay W. Richards, PhD, is a senior fellow and director of research at Discovery Institute, a contributing editor to THE AMERICAN, and author of Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem."
At the risk of sounding rude, perhaps Hrafn should take a few deep breaths and step away from the keyboard for a while if this is his typical modus operandi, shooting down sources without REALLY consulting any expertise but his own.  I mean, cripes, it only takes a Google search!
TonalHarmony (talk) 22:08, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: What reeks (only loosely related what is now nothing like a "recent edit")

message: As far as I see, Richards isn't listed as member of the staff at Actons Institute. I've not found a current document on Acton's site, which states his current function. I only find him mentioned als author or "guest". --Parzi (talk) 05:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference for Position at Acton Institute 

message: Why is there so much trivial detail about a few things that Richards said in his debate with Hitchens? It doesn't seem to add much even about the philosophy that he holds. The last paragraph talking about catching a pen not violating gravity seems completely unnecessary and adding nothing. Personally I thought it was an incredibly stupid non-sequitor when he brought it up in the debate, and it seems just as out of place here. I may be biased, though, so I'll not edit it. But I'll call attention to it, and if someone wants to justify it or remove it... 
Snakesonaplane1988 (talk) 01:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Meh. After reading it again and noticing grammatical errors (along with seeming out of place and irrelevant), I'm removing the last two paragraphs. Snakesonaplane1988 (talk) 02:16, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hitchens Debate 

message: Honors are almost (but not completely) exclusively used for undergraduate degrees. This is the first time I've ever heard of the designation applied to a doctorate. I searched around on ptsem.edu for "honors" but most of the mentions were either not in the context of a degree modifier at all, or were in the bios of various faculty, and most of those were attached to undergrad degrees. I couldn't find any mention of the PhD from PTSEM being awarded with any of the usual "with honors" designations. None of this means the title is invalid, but since it is so unusual I think it would improve the article's robustness if additional, more independent sources were provided. 71.189.127.192 (talk) 11:11, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  PhD, "with honors"? 

message: Wikipedia--Don't Trust, and Verify  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.127.192 (talk) 11:38, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richards is unhappy with his article 

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