At Slate , William Saletan explains why screening embryos for genetic traits has already begun, and why it will be difficult to stop: Every week, it seems, we’re told that this discovery or that technology might lead to “designer babies.” I’ve heard this so many times that . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, good, the British are now worried about social breakdown. . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve got to be kidding. . . . . Continue Reading »
We do not believe in a clash of civilizations. We do see a shared struggle against extremism—and we will do everything in our collective power to help the forces of tolerance prevail. In the Muslim world, a small number of violent extremists are beyond the call of reason. We will defeat them. . . . . Continue Reading »
Looking through our archives today I was delighted to find Alan Jacobs’ “review” of Kahlil Gibran’s Collected Works . If you could use a good chuckle, give it a read . Here’s the beginning: Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran, And weary grows the . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I expressed my hope that, during his meeting with Nancy Pelosi, Pope Benedict would stress once again the Church’s uncompromising commitment to protect human life in all its forms. It looks like he did just that : Following the General Audience the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs . . . . Continue Reading »
At Literary Review , Christopher Kelly reviews Chris Wickham’s latest book, The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 : In The Inheritance of Rome , Wickham adds political and cultural history, but still resolutely refuses to offer any grand explanatory narrative. His . . . . Continue Reading »
As a law school professor in Cologne, what do you do when your students can’t seem to remember paragraph 823 of the civil-law code? If you’re Klaus Peter Berger, you set it to music and rap about it . My favorite couplet has to be: Für den Zurechnungszusammenhang kommt es . . . . Continue Reading »
The culture of death brooks no dissent, I have repeatedly warned. That means the assisted suicide agenda, if it is widely successful, will one day seek to force all doctors to participate in the mercy killings of their patients—either by doing the deed personally, or referring them to a death . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s New York Times features an article ” Picture Emerging on Genetic Risks of IVF ” that starts like this: Over the past thirty years, in vitro fertilization has been reassuringly safe. Millions of healthy children have been born and developed normally . . . The article goes . . . . Continue Reading »
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