We have discussed the case of Eluana Englaro, who has been unconscious since an auto accident in 1992. Her father won a court order to remove her feeding tube. But for awhile, all hospitals and nursing homes refuse to participate in her dehydration. Mr. Englaro then found a facility that would, but . . . . Continue Reading »
At the Times Higher Education , Graham Farmelo offers an ode to espresso and, along the way, he gives his readers an enjoyable history lesson: The joy of the espresso, gastronomy’s magic bullet, is that it delivers the essence of the roasted coffee bean in all its subtle complexity without . . . . Continue Reading »
The choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge now has recordings of their sung services online for free . English choral music fans, take note. . . . . Continue Reading »
If you want a good example of how unsubstantiated rumors on the internet can snowball and gain legitimacy, Slate ‘s Brian Phillips tells the story of Masal Bugduv, a fictional soccer player from Moldova, who was able to capture headlines in some of Britain’s most respected publications: . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an awful, awful story: The photo at left is of a 22-week prematurely born infant. According to the AP—no pro life outlet—a more developed infant survived a late term abortion in Florida only to be put in a plastic bag and thrown out by a staffer at the abortion clinic. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Mary Rose , one wonders whether scientific theorizing isn’t hard-wired in the brain, too . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written about this before—the phenomenon of political or ideological advocacy masking as objective scientific studies and then published in prestigious medical and other professional journals. (So have others who I admire.) Ironically, in the post I link above, I quoted an article . . . . Continue Reading »
Japan’s system of health care boasts of universal coverage and free screenings. But there seems to be trouble brewing in the Land of the Rising Sun exemplified by the tragedy of a patient with serious head injuries dying after he was refused care by 14 hospitals because there was no room for . . . . Continue Reading »
The task of fervent atheists just got harder . But I suppose their work’s cut out for them . . . if religion is hard-wired in the brain, then one just needs to figure out how to tamper with the wires, right? If nothing else, there’s always faith in Progress! . . . . Continue Reading »
To add to Amanda ‘s list of calculations, $1 trillion is more than $1 million spent per day since Christ’s birth . . . . . Continue Reading »
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