Among high-profile Catholic politicians, dissent from Church doctrine may be a disease that proceeds through predictable stages. Tom Daschle and Kathleen Sibelius, for instance, having both rejected magisterial teaching against support for abortion, now seem to both reject the injunction to . . . . Continue Reading »
Kirsten Powers is rightly offended by NARAL’s claim that crisis pregnancy centers should be shut down because they use the “scare tactics” of showing women photographs of their children in utero. Powers finds this “perplexing and more than a little insulting to women.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to 2nd Lt. J.K. Pavlischek, USMC (Villanova, ‘07) for calling my attention to this article on Villanova guard, Scottie Reynolds. You might recall Reynolds as the guy who went coast-to-coast and scored the winning field goal against Pitt this past weekend with a half second on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Fossil evidence has been found that the earliest humans cared for—rather than abandoned or killed—their disabled young. From the story:The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately . . . . Continue Reading »
Fossil evidence has been found that the earliest humans cared for rather than abandoned or killed their disabled young. From the story : The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately abandoned or . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend, the North Dakota poet Tim Murphy, is safe—though the Red River flood drove him down to South Dakota to find a place to stay till the waters go down. He recently sent me this note about his drive south: I am a severe student of the prairie, and much of my life I have driven to . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Novak’s daily article today raises some fascinating moral and economic issues. In arguing that providing certain benefits (but not cash) to induce people to donate their organs, Novak is moving towards the view, commonly accepted by law-and-economics scholars (see the entries on . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, fearing the complete annihilation of the self is just plain silly . . . . . Continue Reading »
The last of the “UCC Firsts”—highlights in the history of the United Church of Christ dating from 1620—listed at the church’s web site is from 1995, fourteen years ago, marking publication of the New Century Hymnal . Nothing much apparently has happened since, except for . . . . Continue Reading »
The new breakthrough could eventually help sufferers of muscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy. And, once again, embryonic stem cells were not necessary. . . . . Continue Reading »
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