Religious freedom inches forward in Egypt: While conversion to Christianity is still illegal, Christians who convert to Islam can re-vert back to Christianity. The story can be found here in today’s New York Times . . . . . Continue Reading »
Articles from this weekend (just a portion, hardly exhaustive) that may interest anyone interested in religion, culture, and public life: Catholic vote and Hilary Clinton ( NY Times ) Rabbis criticizing the revised Good Friday praye r ( NY Times ) James Dobson and John McCain ( Wall Street Journal . . . . Continue Reading »
Slate has published its list of the 60 Biggest Charitable Donors of this past year. You know who’s missing? You don’t know their names. Neither do I. But I bet if you picked the average congregant from the average African-American storefront church, that person probably gives as much if . . . . Continue Reading »
A usage question for all you legal types. In an article about a misused government informant, I came across this line: “prosecutors are asking a federal judge to dismiss charges including conspiracy and cocaine trafficking against most of the defendants, even some who pleaded guilty.” . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to my posting about civility , Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, has sent this response: In a diatribe riddled with false claims and smug mischaracterizations, Robert T. Miller’s recent blog post attacking Catholics in Alliance for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Now here’s a story that gives the old saying, “the milk of human kindness,” a whole new meaning. It turns out that breast milk may contain stem cells. From the story: The Perth scientist [Dr Mark Cregan] who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells . . . . Continue Reading »
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) would be laughable if it weren’t so expensive and engaged in funding immoral research with borrowed money that I and every other Californian will have to pay back. The latest shinanigan was exposed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and . . . . Continue Reading »
Mr Johnson should start a blog. That’s what I . . . . Continue Reading »
One of my pet peeves—yes, I know, I keep peeves like a crazy old man who keeps hundreds of cats—is off label prescribing. Off label prescribing allows a drug that has been approved for efficacy and safety for one condition, to be used instead to treat a different malady for which it has . . . . Continue Reading »
I cannot believe the disaster that is befalling the health care system in the UK. Now, it turns out that patients are leaving hospitals malnourished! From the story:Some 140,000 people are discharged from hospital while underweight every year, and most are never diagnosed or treated, nutritionists . . . . Continue Reading »
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