The culture of death is being pushed from many quarters, perhaps most harmfully by the purveyors of popular culture.Jack Kevorkian assisted the suicides of at least 130 people—most of whom were not terminally ill and five of whom were not sick according to autopsies—and murdered one. He . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re looking for a roundup of the latest opinions on the Sotomayor nomination, The Anchoress has you covered . . . . . Continue Reading »
There is nothing these days that can ever be safely considered to be permanently beyond the pale, unthinkable, flat-out undoable—and that apparently includes cutting off healthy limbs of patients with BIID. When I first heard of body integrity identity disorder—BIID—in which . . . . Continue Reading »
We continue to struggle with the bugs, but things are improving. Spacing, obviously, is a problem. But repairs continue to be made.Commenting is still inconvenient. To comment, just open the permalink by left clicking on the title, and that will permit comments. Eventually, that problem will also be . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, the California Supreme Court upheld the amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage in a 6-to-1 majority. . . . . Continue Reading »
Nathan Schneider at The Row Boat has stumbled across the website of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. According to their “About” page, the Mormon Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit organization that promotes practical faith in human exaltation through charitable . . . . Continue Reading »
In his not-to-be-overlooked recent web essay , Rusty Reno reports that critical theory “remains an academic growth industry.” Berkeley’s Martin Jay , a scholar who has spent his career steeped in critical theory, see things differently. In his review of Charles Taylor’s A . . . . Continue Reading »
I have warned repeatedly here at SHS and elsewhere of the growing acceptance within the mental health professions—and within the media—of suicide as a legitimate exercise in personal autonomy for those patients whose suffering is deemed non transitory or irremediable. suffering patients. . . . . Continue Reading »
You make some good points , Nick, but I still support the current journalistic usage of describing pro-lifers as “opponents of abortion rights.” Of course, it is probably true that the use of the word “rights” both reflects and encourages a bias against pro-lifers. As we all . . . . Continue Reading »
Michele Dillon is Professor of Sociology at New Hampshire University. Writing in The Immanent Frame, a blog of the Social Science Research Council, Dillon detects President Obama’s “Catholic sensibility” in his Notre Dame speech: Thus at Notre Dame, Obama demonstrated the . . . . Continue Reading »
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