More reportage on Spain about to grant great apes “human” type rights—and a little candor from the revolutionaries. I have been saying that the GAP is not the goal but the initial means to attaining the goal, the catapault that first breaches the wall (to use another metaphor), . . . . Continue Reading »
“When I get up in the night . . . I sing and I paint. Sometimes I go out to look at the stars and the moon. So I sing. I come back here maybe at 2:00 during the night. Then I start painting . . . . It is a prayer for me to paint.” —Sr. Magnificat For a delightful glimpse into the . . . . Continue Reading »
Christine Rosen reflects on the passing of Harriet McBryde Johnson: When Harriet McBryde Johnson died earlier this month at the age of 50 from a congenital neuromuscular disease, obituaries called her a “disability-rights activist.” This is far too narrow a description of her life. She . . . . Continue Reading »
Assemblypersons Patti Berg and Lloyd Levine’s attempt to institute backdoor assisted suicide via “palliative sedation” just hit a big bump in the road: To get it out of a California Senate committee—they had to consent to their pet bill being gutted. From the California . . . . Continue Reading »
The New Republic is up in arms at the latest Catholic League press release. At her Washington Post / Newsweek site “On Faith,” Sally Quinn wrote about attending the funeral Mass for Tim Russert: “Last Wednesday I was determined to take it [the Eucharist] for Tim, . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days ago, Amanda Shaw wrote about the Cistercian monks of the Sift Heiligenkruz whose chant CD hits US stores on Tuesday. Today’s New York Times had a nice article on their life. . . . . Continue Reading »
We are all apes now, as the Spanish Parliament will soon be granting “human” rights to apes, which is actually to say that human rights are being demoted into mere temporary protections. This story deserves greater coverage, and I intend to do something about that in the next few weeks. . . . . Continue Reading »
A reader writes in and notes the striking similarities between Mr. Bottum and Mr. Spock. . . . . Continue Reading »
The promoters of embryonic stem cell enterprises continue to tout soon to come “breakthroughs” accompanied by supine media coverage and inaccurate statements by “the scientists” who twist and distort scientific definitions to win a political debate. Such spin in the name of . . . . Continue Reading »
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed an expansion of the ADA’s protection against workplace discrimination. From the story:In deciding whether a person is disabled, the bill says, courts should generally not consider the effects of “mitigating measures” like . . . . Continue Reading »
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