For SHSers in Ireland or London, I will be on your side of the pond next week. I don’t have a fully detailed itinerary, but David Prentice and I will appear in either speech or debate formats at several Irish universities, including in Cork on the 17th, a university in Maynooth on the 18th, . . . . Continue Reading »
As Eluana Englar is being dehydrated to death, the Italian Parliament is debating a proposed law that would prohibit causing cognitively disabled people to die in this manner. From the story: Italian senators raced Monday to discuss a bill designed to keep a woman in vegetative state from having her . . . . Continue Reading »
Well now, this could be interesting. Aloe Entertainment is now assembling a cast for a feature film , prospectively called Mary, Mother of Christ . Camilla Belle will be in the title role and Peter O’Toole has signed on to play”Simeon.” Jessica Lange is currently being sought to . . . . Continue Reading »
It is a strange clash between the good of political integrity and transparency, and the basic right to be left alone. Call it the right to privacy, or if that is too penumbrous, say that harassment—stalking, profane emails, death threats—is really best avoided for civic good. For the . . . . Continue Reading »
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, the Archbishop of Westminister, has penned an opinion piece on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth reaffirming the compatibility of faith and science in general, and of evolution and Christianity in particular: This week we will be . . . . Continue Reading »
Younger readers of First Things should consider applying for the annual Tertio Millenio Seminar, held this year in Krakow from June 29—July 16. The seminar features the scholarship and instruction of writers such as Russel Hittinger, George Weigel, and Michael Novak with a curriculum built . . . . Continue Reading »
I mentioned last week that Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who has spent the last seventeen years in a vegetative state, was being moved to a private health care facility so that she can be deprived of the nutrients necessary to live. Late last week, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stepped in to . . . . Continue Reading »
Villanova Law and University of St. Thomas School of Law are pleased to announce the third season of their summer law study program in Rome. Located at John Cabot University in the heart of Rome, the summer program offers comparative law courses and, when possible, courses related to the Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
Just last month, I reported about a cancer study that was found to have manipulated data. Now, according to the Sunday Times, a scientist cooked his data to create a seeming connection between autism and a vaccine. From the story: THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine . . . . Continue Reading »
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