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The Dutch Cook the Euthanasia Books

Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has taken a closer look at the new Dutch euthansia statistics—which I commented about here—and finds that the truth is that rather than holding steady, doctor-induced deaths are way up.  From his blog:The rate of . . . . Continue Reading »

Stem Cell Treatments Are Drugs

I think this is the right decision.  A federal judge has ruled that stem cell treatments that manipulate the cells into another form are drugs for purposes of FDA oversight.  From the New Scientist story:It’s official: stem cells are drugs. At least, that’s the opinion of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Governed by Laws, or Men?

On Crisis, Martin Folkertsma draws attention to the Obama administration’s selective enforcement of federal laws, from ignoring the the Defense of Marriage Act to declining to deport certain illegal immigrants to unilaterally  revising the 1996 welfare reform law . Even if some of those . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

Leroy Huizenga on how fishing reconnects him to creation : Fishing is my means of reentry. If time on the computers is largely my mind absorbing pixels, then fishing is how I bring my body back into play with nature. Fishing takes our nature as bodies situated within creation seriously. I suppose . . . . Continue Reading »

The Church Boom That Never Happened

Philip Jenkins writes at RealClearReligion about “the church boom that never happened.” Taking us back twenty years, to 1992 (the first time charges against a Catholic priest received heavy national media attention), he reflects on the strangeness of everything that has unfolded since, . . . . Continue Reading »

Shopping with Political Intent

Joe Knippenberg talks about the Chick-Fil-A boycott on another blog page at First Things, Playing Chicken with the First Amendment . Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy’s ringing endorsement of the traditional family has caused quite a stir. More than a few of my Gen X and Millennial former students . . . . Continue Reading »

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