This is what we are becoming, aborting viable fetuses because they will not be physically perfect—and the the UK government wishes to keep it all under wraps. From the story:It centres on mothers who opt for termination because their unborn babies have been diagnosed with conditions such as . . . . Continue Reading »
I wish I could say I was surprised, but judges have decided they get to decide all of our social issues today. A Montana trial court judge has legalized assisted suicide in Montana. From the story.A Montana judge has issued a ruling saying residents of the state have the right to doctor-assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Klein, whose money and political muscle was behind Proposition 71 that convinced Californians to foolishly borrow billions to pay for human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, is only in it for the cures, or so he has always said. Well, that assurance no longer applies. Not content to . . . . Continue Reading »
The tragedy of my career as a political(-ish) blogger is that, at the end of the day, I’m a captive to my interests; I don’t spend my time wondering whether ideas can ever affect politics because, relevant or not, they’re the only thing that can get my blood moving. That’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK’s Independent has published an excellent feature story on the beliefs and theories of Lady Warnock, one of Britain’s most influential moral philosophers. (We’ve discussed her views previously here at SHS.) Warnock is an enthusiastic purveyor of the culture of death, . . . . Continue Reading »
The replacement of Christmas, and even now Thanksgiving, with the generic noun “Holiday” shows its absurdity to a degree I had not foreseen. . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a book review in the November issue of The New Oxford Review of Niall Williams’s novel, John (Bloomsbury USA, 288 pgs., $24.95). I’d link to it but I’m a computer challenged Luddite. UPDATE: here it is [scroll down]. I bring this book to your attention because it is . . . . Continue Reading »
Adam Kirsch has an extraordinary takedown of Slavoj Zizek at The New Republic, and this is the first of a few things I’ll say about parts of it. So: the passage in Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle where Zizek discusses the ideological function of Nazi anti-Semitism: "one could say that even if . . . . Continue Reading »
Happiness really is contagious! . . . . Continue Reading »
To the younger First Things readers, especially the men: If you are tempted to get your wife, or fiancée, or girlfriend something “practical” for Christmas, you probably should pause and take a look at this rather funny video on how to stay out of the doghouse. While . . . . Continue Reading »
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