Ryan T. Anderson

And they’re not embryonic. The latest study showing the uses of adult stem cells: http://pubs.ama-assn.org/media/2008j/0226.dtl#2 A review of previously published research suggests that stem cells harvested from an adult’s blood or marrow may provide treatment benefit to select patients . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s the title of an article by Heather Mac Donald in the current issue of City Journal , just made available on their website. It’s a painfully honest look at sex on the modern american university campus, with all the internal contradictions that it brings with it. Along the way, . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of motherhood . . . Have you seen the over-the-top article in the Nation about Conservative Christian fears about demographic collapses and efforts to win the various culture wars by out-populating the enemies? Ross Douthat described the article with this: “the piece basically reads: . . . . Continue Reading »

Yep, Steve , that Feuerherd column is idiotic. Ramesh Ponnuru had a nice reply here . . . . . Continue Reading »

The Telegraph reports: An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: “I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum.” Emma Beck was found hanging at her home in Helston, Cornwall, on Feb 1 2007. . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released a new study, the ” U.S. Religious Landscape Survey .” It’s a fairly comprehensive study, coming in at 148 pages and featuring 35,000 interviews. The basic gist is that religious life and practice in America is robust, . . . . Continue Reading »

There was a just down-right bizarre op/ed in Sunday’s New York Times . Here’s the penultimate paragraph: Unfortunately, humans seem to forget this fact when we find ourselves turning to nature to guide us through difficult choices, such as arguments about whether life begins at . . . . Continue Reading »

From the New York Times Magazine article: ” Did You Hear the One About the Christian Comedian? ” Renfroe is also a devout Christian and for about eight years has been slowly building a career as a comedian on the Christian women’s circuit. Like Mike Huckabee’s easy humor, . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago, William Saletan reviewed the new book Embryo in the New York Times Book Review . Robert George and Chris Tollefsen (the co-authors of Embryo ) replied the next day in an article for National Review Online . Saletan replied later that week with an article on Slate . Now George and . . . . Continue Reading »

A week or so ago I mentioned some summer programs that the Witherspoon Institute is putting on . Here’s another summer program that might interest young readers. I was a Publius Fellow this past summer and highly recommend it. The Claremont Institute is now accepting applications for the 2008 . . . . Continue Reading »