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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I wrote the other day about the hype merchant, William Neaves of the Stowers Institute, continuing to tout embryonic stem cells—which he usually intentionally confuses with human cloning—as moving on the fast track to provide cures:“The rapid pace of advances in embryonic stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you imagine? Say, you are hit by a car and are rushed to the hospital by ambulance. It arrives at the entrance, and instead of being taken into the ER for immediate treatment—you are left waiting for hours so that the hospital can say you were treated within four hours of arriving at the . . . . Continue Reading »
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 thoughtor what passes for thought. That’s the gimmick, if you . . . . Continue Reading »
I just learned about this blog, “Medical Futility,” that tracks futility care cases. The author is a law professor named Thaddeus Pope who, from what I have seen of his entries, clearly supports Futile Care Theory.In reading his entries, it validates my belief that the twin ideological . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »