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"Pushing Infanticide"

I am still taken aback by the Hastings Center Report publishing a pro infanticide article—bringing that agenda into the heart of the bioethics mainstream. As is my wont, I wrote about it. This is a piece just published in the Center for Bioethics and the Culture’s weekly newsletter. Here . . . . Continue Reading »

CIRM Executives Up for a Big Fat Raise

California is in the midst of a financial meltdown. Red ink is spilling down the stairs of the Capitol. But of course, none of this affects the fiefdom that is the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine created by Proposition 71. As I wrote during the campaign, under its terms half the state . . . . Continue Reading »

Luxemburg Close to Legalizing Euthanasia

Even though the Dutch are close to legalizing infanticide and nearly 900 patients are killed each year who have not asked for euthanasia, even though assisted suicide is permitted for the depressed in the Netherlands—heedless of the moral cliff off of which they are hurtling their . . . . Continue Reading »

Nerds and Bigger Bangs

So, the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of it all. Or so says this guy . Him: “If this is right, it means that time runs forward for a while. Then there’s a random state without an arrow of time, then time runs backwards, and then time runs forward again.” Sounds like the R . . . . Continue Reading »

The Irrational Atheist

Just when atheists thought it was safe to enter the public square, a book like this comes along. The Irrational Atheist by Vox Day is not a work of Christian apologetics. It is, instead, a merciless deconstruction of atheist thought—or what passes for thought. That’s the gimmick, if you . . . . Continue Reading »

SHS Funnies

I am connecting too many dots today. Time for the SHS Funnies.Zebra learns that while he may have a right to life against humans, he doesn’t against lions.Dusty’s 24/7 barbeque is getting him in deep trouble. Animals are being cooked! The earth is warming! His neighbor sues. He is . . . . Continue Reading »

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