Italy regulated IVF, only permitting 3 to be created at once and requiring that all embryos that come into being in the procedure be implanted.Had the USA implemented such a policy, we wouldn’t have 400,000 embryos in deep freeze. Some look at these nascent humans as a natural resource for use . . . . Continue Reading »
Around the office, one of our favorite pieces to have published is ” The Giving Tree : A Symposium ,” in which we asked various contributors to comment on Shel Silverstein’s story. It appears that someone else has a retelling of the story , one in which the tree is not quite as . . . . Continue Reading »
You may have already heard about golfer J.P. Hayes, whose honesty last week wound up costing him a shot on the PGA tour: Hayes shot a 74 Wednesday and a 71 on Thursday, putting him in good shape to finish in the top 20 and advance to the final qualifying stage in December. But on Thursday night in . . . . Continue Reading »
He founded Family Theater Productions in Hollywood, which produced some 600 radio and T.V. shows, airing a total of 10,000 broadcasts. Such film elites as Loretta Young, Jimmy Stewart, Bing Crosby, and Lucille Ball appeared on his programs. The goal?—to promote prayer and fidelity. The . . . . Continue Reading »
If any of you miss the writings of our former managing editor, Anthony Sacramone, or enjoyed his previous career as Luther at the Movies, rejoice and be glad. Anthony will continue to write for us, but now has his own blog as well. Strange Herring is like a funnier, less serious First Things , so . . . . Continue Reading »
The Times of London has a troubling story today on Hindu extremists in the Indian province of Orissa who are offering rewards to those who kill Christians: Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food, and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers . . . . Continue Reading »
Barack Obama has nominated Tom Daschle, the former senator from South Dakota, to be the secretary of health and human services . That brings another pro-choice Catholic into not only the new administration, but the post which will articulate executive policy on health care and the life questions. . . . . Continue Reading »
The new Obama Administration is going to push full speed ahead pouring money into ESCR—and I worry, human cloning research. This concern is heightened by the appointment of Alta Charo to the transition team. I know Alta, and we get along fine personally. But we clash. (She once called me a . . . . Continue Reading »
Alex Schedenberg, the head of Canada’s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, has a very good piece about the passage of I 1000 in today’s Calgary Herald. He points out the truth the media generally refuse to report, that Oregon’s guidelines are often violated and that most assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s some cool news for all the photo lovers out there. Life Magazine and Google have announced that the internet company plans to scan and place all of the 10 million images in Life ‘s archives online and make them available for free. Two million images from the archive, some dating . . . . Continue Reading »
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