Diana Schaub

If Alexis de Tocqueville was right in observing that the American nation insists upon “perpetual adoration of itself,” why have Americans been such devoted readers of Democracy in America for almost two centuries now? Maybe initially Americans mistook the title itself for praise: Surely the . . . . Continue Reading »

Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President’s Council on Bioethics With a Foreward by Leon R. Kass, M.D., Chairman, Public Affairs, 352 pages, $14 paper On the cover of Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President’s Council on Bioethics is the image of a . . . . Continue Reading »