At first I was pretty skeptical. Reprogramming jihadists through therapy ? Did the Saudi’s really intend to handle radicals as though they were whiny, navel-gazing westerners? “Amir, when your little brother was born, how did that make you feel? Did you worry that your parents . . . . Continue Reading »
After Washington voters passed I-1000 legalizing Oregon-style assisted suicide, First Things asked me to weigh in with some analysis. I look at the matter from two angles. The first is political. I noted that the assisted suicide movement had been essentially moribund since the passage of . . . . Continue Reading »
“In praise, there is the speaking forth of one confessing; in singing, the affection of one loving.” So wrote St. Augustine, in a line often paraphrased as “Singing is praying twice.” And as Pope Benedict added in his recent address at the Collège des Bernardins in . . . . Continue Reading »
Last Friday, it was reported that the USCCB had dropped plans to discuss abortion and politics at the Fall General Assembly this week in Baltimore. Now, it looks like the bishops will address the topic after all: Another bishop who requested anonymity, confirmed to CNA that the bishops will not . . . . Continue Reading »
Today on our homepage you’ll find Wesley Smith’s essay on euthanasia, commenting on its win in Washington this month. If you’re hungry for more bioethics and haven’t read it already, be sure to read Joseph Bottum and Ryan T. Anderson’s ” Stem Cells: A Political . . . . Continue Reading »
Put this post in the Total Conjecture File. A story about the decline in male fertility and increasing birth defects among male babies got me to wondering: Is it possible that human biological evolution can be impacted by the changes in perception caused by radically evolving cultural trends? From . . . . Continue Reading »
We get stories like this from time-to-time: There was Washoe the chimp who could supposedly converse intelligently through sign language that turned out to be training and subtle prompts. And now, a researcher has written a book about her claims that a parrot named Alex the parrot had the . . . . Continue Reading »
Biologist/atheist polemicist Richard Dawkins, whose WEB site is self-described as “a clear thinking oasis,” seems to be having trouble in that department of late. First, in an interview with Ben Stein in Expelled, he claimed that it is an “intriguing possibility” that life on . . . . Continue Reading »
What are the springs of action that material well-being might unbend or loosen? I suppose they’re all the things that have to do with — acquiring material well-being, up to a point, of course. Everyone seems to agree that somewhere in the range of economic flourishing there is a point . . . . Continue Reading »
President-Elect Obama has named Rahm Emanuel to be his Chief of Staff, perhaps the most important single figure in his inner circle. In January 2005 Representative Emanuel was interviewed by the late Tim Russert, and asked about the Iraq war. MR. RUSSERT: You voted—you said you would have . . . . Continue Reading »
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