Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson has written an important column that shows how Left Wing politics has apparently interfered with the fight against AIDS in Africa.From the column:During Obama’s transition, Dr. Mark Dybul was initially asked to stay on as the coordinator of the . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a close connection between political and aesthetic inclinations. In practice, the development of a political identity is only partly conditioned by views on specific issues: it’s also an expression of what sort of person one wants to be. So it’s not surprising that younger . . . . Continue Reading »
We received word today that Rabbi Leon Klenicki, a pioneer of Catholic—Jewish relations, died yesterday . Rabbi Klenicki and Father Neuhaus co-authored Believing Today: Jew and Christian in Conversation . As its title suggests, the book is a conversation between the two of them written in . . . . Continue Reading »
Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, “Abba, as far as I can, I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and, as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?” Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands toward heaven. His . . . . Continue Reading »
AsiaNews reports that, at today’s general audience, Benedict XVI directly addressed the sobering reality of the Holocaust as well as his recent decision to lift the excommunication on the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X: The Holocaust remains a warning against the power of evil and all . . . . Continue Reading »
Just in case you missed it, the Washington Times this Sunday had a wonderful article on Deirdre Byrne, a Catholic sister, army captain, and surgeon who spends her time caring for the poor and sick of the world: The statuesque, graying 52-year-old recently exchanged her habit for a helmet and . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve read about it, now hear my analysis of the Montana court case creating a constitutional right to “die with dignity.” As I state, it is the first time of which I am aware in which an advocacy slogan (“death with dignity”) was elevated into a constitutional . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend and fellow alum who is getting his Ph.D. in astrophysics writes in response : “So, this is the reverse of things like the Poynting vector , which points in the direction of propogation of light, or the Heaviside function , which heavily weights one side of a function. These were . . . . Continue Reading »
The attempt to increase the organ donation pool has led to an increased use in “heart death” procurement protocols, known as “non heart-beating cadaver donors.” Under what has been called the Pittsburgh Protocol, obtaining organs via this method involves, 1) Planned removal . . . . Continue Reading »
John Updike, the extraordinarily prolific novelist and critic, has died of lung cancer at the age of 76. You can read more about his life and work in the New York Times’ obituary . . . . . Continue Reading »
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