Several SHSers have sent me the story of the birth of the baby girl, who was selected “in” as an embryo, as her “defective” siblings were destroyed, and permitted to be implanted and born because she did not carry a gene that gives rise to breast cancer. Yuval Levin has . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent the morning browsing through obituaries for our friend, Fr. Neuhaus. For those interested, here are my own reminiscences , online today in the Weekly Standard . I lack the strength today to say all that needs to be said—praise, mostly—for the writing poured out for the occasion. . . . . Continue Reading »
Regular SHSers will recall the horrific case of Martin Ryan, an adult with Down syndrome who, after a stroke left him unable to talk, was allowed to starve to death over 26 days in a UK hospital. I have done some Googling, and found some more on the story. Martin’s and other deaths came to . . . . Continue Reading »
Especially in his classic 1984 work The Naked Public Square , Neuhaus tackled important and still timely issues regarding the religious underpinnings of American life, the proper division between church and state, and the real meaning of American secularism. Insofar as these studies forced him to . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote previously about how President Correa of Ecuador, who gave rights to nature in his new constitution, was pushing a new mining law. The indigenous people objected, and relied on the constitutioanl rights of nature to protect their region from exploitation. Well, now riots have broken out and . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember, PETA is always after your children to get them to buy into animal rights ideology. The latest is the renaming of fish “sea kittens,” in an online interactive aimed at children. From the “Save the Sea Kittens!” Web Page:Ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Stop . . . . Continue Reading »
A re-assessment of conservatism is an inevitable topic of discussion, and certainly a worthy task. But I confess the topic wearies me – not only because I’m old enough to have seen a number of earlier iterations, but more, I think, because I’m less and less convinced . . . . Continue Reading »
I haven’t read the book, but I thought the review in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Michael Bevins, MD, Ph.D., brought up some important points for pondering. In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care illustrates the growing utilitarian emphasis in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Swiss Government is investigating the assisted suicide facilitating/tourist host group Dignitas for making money off of helping people make themselves dead. From the story:Dignitas, which is meant to be a non-profit organisation, is being forced to open its accounts to prosecutors in Switzerland . . . . Continue Reading »
I was casting about for a quick reference on Kant the other day, in the hopes of clarifying a question I had about how he viewed the relationship between autonomy and moral action, when I came across this fantastic resource . (H/t David Barnes) Given Tim Carney’s recent look at the bailout , . . . . Continue Reading »
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