Robert P. George

I offer some thoughts in this morning’s  Wall Street Journal  on the legacy of “test tube baby” pioneer Sir Robert Edwards, who died this week: Sir Robert Edwards, the Nobel Prize-winning British “test tube baby” pioneer who died last week at age 87, devoted . . . . Continue Reading »

Honestly, is it so hard to understand Kermit Gosnell? If respectable and influential people—-cultural and political leaders—-spend decades trying to persuade the public that “it’s not really a baby, it just looks like a baby,” are we shocked—- shocked . . . . Continue Reading »

Masha Gessen is a talented writer. Her widely praised (and sharply critical) biography of Vladimir Putin is only the most recent of her books across a range of subjects from Russian history, to mathematics, to the social implications of modern genetics. On top of her exertions . . . . Continue Reading »

“You are resorting to scare tactics!” “No one is arguing for the legal recognition of polygamous or polyamorous relationships as marriages!” “Recognizing same-sex partnerships does not open the door to changing fundamental marital norms. It will not change the nature . . . . Continue Reading »

Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is facing the death penalty if he is convicted of the murders for which he is being tried in Philadelphia. Surely, the heinous acts of which he stands accused are depraved. They probably meet the criteria for capital punishment under Pennsylvania law. However, in the . . . . Continue Reading »

This post has been updated to reflect that the Washington Post factcheck was published in advance of the 2012 election. -Ed. With Barack Obama safely elected and re-elected as President of the United States, the  Washington Post  Fact Checker has finally got ten around in 2012 to a . . . . Continue Reading »

Rick Garnett and others have taken note of the “media blackout” of the homidice trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Grassroot efforts to shame the journalistic establishment into at least mentioning the trial seem to be working, however. Now, in a rather transparently . . . . Continue Reading »

Those of us who are citizens of liberal democratic regimes do not refer to those who govern as “rulers.” It is our boast that we rule ourselves. We prefer to speak of those who govern as public servants, but the extraordinary prestige and trappings attached to public office, in just about all . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m pleased to announce the publication by Oxford University Press of Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis  (edited by John Keown and Robert P. George). This volume of original essays on the thought of the great Oxford (and Notre Dame) legal, political, and moral . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, in case there was any doubt, we now have an  ex cathedra  announcement from the hierarchy of the  New York Times : “At some point, the church will accept contraception and female and non-celibate priests. Could it be in the next papacy?”  — Nicholas . . . . Continue Reading »