“Hillarycare” crashed and burned in 1993 because it was overly bureaucratic and complicated. She has now gone in the opposite direction—mandatory private coverage. But, I don’t think this policy idea is going to fly, either. When asked how she would force people to buy health . . . . Continue Reading »
The media in Australia and New Zealand are shocked that Philip Nitschke—the Down Under Jack Kevorkian—would help a woman commit suicide who wasn’t terminally ill. What amazes me is that they are seemingly surprised. He’s done it before in the Nancy Crick case, in which he . . . . Continue Reading »
The new eugenics is growing at a horrifying pace. In the UK, a House of Lords, member argued that disabled children should be aborted for their own good. From the story:Seriously disabled children should be considered non-persons and would be better off having been aborted, according to a Peer . . . . Continue Reading »
The Brits like to brag that their approach to cloning is the most enlightened, that is, it allows new biotechnologies to proceed, but only under “strict” regulations. Except, I have yet to see any meaningful restrictions or strict regulations actually enacted or enforced. But it’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Things have been getting a little too heavy around here lately. That’s when I turn to Pearl’s Before . . . . Continue Reading »
This should be a reminder that the persecution of Christians is not some Roman-era tale but a daily contemporary phenomenon. For more information about three organizations dedicated to shedding light on areas of the world where converting to Christianity or living your Christian faith publicly can . . . . Continue Reading »
Vote early, vote often . Quick take: How on earth did Atonement get on this list? Only an atheist could have concocted the daft scenario, in which “atoning for sin” entails inventing an alternate reality to ease a guilty conscience—the sinner as self-savior. That isn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
James asks:Wesley, What’s your take on the Lauren Richardson case in Delaware? Can you get involved to protect the life of this young woman?Lauren Richardson, for those who may not know, is a young woman diagnosed to be persistently unconscious whose parents are fighting in court over who . . . . Continue Reading »
A man’s jaw was refashioned using adult stem cells from his own fat. From the story: Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen...Using a . . . . Continue Reading »
A bill in Mississippi would make it illegal to serve obese patrons. When I first read this, words escaped me, and that is rare. Then I thought: Hey, send a copy to the UK. They love surrealistic nonsense like this. Then, I thought: This is too fat a target. So I went to the Mississippi Legislature . . . . Continue Reading »
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