Spain is on the verge of fully passing the Great Ape Project. Conceived by Peter Singer and an Italian philosopher, that which was unthinkable in 1993 when it began, has come to pass in a mere fifteen years.Singer’s overarching goal is to obliterate Judeo/Christianity as the reigning . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert George, Joseph Bottum, Robert Wilken, Richard John Neuhaus After this year’s board meetings, several of us gathered for . . . well, a hootenanny, I guess you’d have to call it. Little did we know that our junior fellow Nathaniel Peters used his camera to record some . . . . Continue Reading »
The patient in the Winnipeg futile care lawsuit has died while on life support. From the story: In the end, it wasn’t a judge who decided Sam Golubchuk’s fate—time ran out for the 84-year-old and his family who challenged the province’s medical community over who gets to . . . . Continue Reading »
If I remember correctly, it was an Anglican, Bishop Ussher, who added up the ages of the patriarchs in the Old Testament to arrive at the astonishingly precise date of Creation: 4004 B.C.—September 21, 4004 B.C. The reading of ancient texts for clues about the calendar has a venerable . . . . Continue Reading »
When Pope Benedict visited the Cistercian monks of Heiligenkreuz last fall, he praised them for their prayer that is “free of any useful purpose.” I’ve never thought of prayer in precisely these terms, but it’s worth reflection. The recent update to the Pew Forum survey on . . . . Continue Reading »
To state the obvious, the USA is losing its common culture and moral values, creating an almost unbridgeable cultural chasm. This, in turn, is disintegrating our social cohesion and leading to the me-me/I-I consciousness of radical individualism.But radical individualism is intended for only one . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest issue of the Weekly Standard , I review three new academic books on enhancement biotechnology. I found the books a bit underwhelming . . . But reading through them and noting their deficiencies served as the catalyst for the articles I co-authored with Chris Tollefsen for First Things . . . . Continue Reading »
Three years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its atrocious Kelo decision, which allowed local governments to take private land if they believed it could be developed in a way advantageous to the local economy. Steven Malanga reviews the results on Real Clear Markets: Most Americans object to such . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a crucial issue involving the assisted suicide debate. We have already seen in Oregon a woman denied coverage for chemotherapy to extend her life, but told that Medicaid will pay for her assisted suicide. Now, that scenario played out in the UK. The melting down NHS denied a chemotherapy . . . . Continue Reading »
A new article in Live Science predicts that adult stem cells may replace silicone breast implants and other contemporary plastic surgery techniques. But first, a crucial admission you once would never see in a science-oriented journal. From the story:Stem cells are cells that have the ability to . . . . Continue Reading »
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