A bill has been introduced to prevent chimps and other great apes from being used in medical experiments, and to provide animals currently used for that purpose sanctuary. From “Bedrooms for Bonzo” by Neil Munro in the National Journal (July 11, 2009—no link). From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Neuroethics is a radical new field within bioethics that, from what I have seen so far, seeks to rubber stamp every brave new world manipulation of the human being imaginable.That point aside, one area of discourse within the field is an attempt to precisely define the nature and workings of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Did Moses have a black wife? In the latest issue of the Criswell Theological Review J. Daniel Hays argues that “the case is extremely strong that Moses married a black Cushite woman from the Cushite civilization south of Egypt.” What would normally be of minor historical interest can . . . . Continue Reading »
/cen>I am often accused of stacking the deck in favor of human exceptionalism. And now, for a contrary view—sledgehammer . . . . Continue Reading »
We have company coming for lunch today, and I’ve stopped counting the times somebody in the household has passed me here at my desk to ask what we’re having to eat. FOOD, all right? Now pick up that Q-tip and get back to dusting the settee.Being a Southerner, I generally have a ready . . . . Continue Reading »
If all of our cultural markers become digitized—if everyone starts reading books on Kindle and listening to music through the earbuds of an iPod—what happens to the camaraderie (or division) created by comparing our books to those of others? James Wolcott wants to know : We’ve all . . . . Continue Reading »
At the time, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg apparently thought it was about eugenics and population control . From the New York Times Magazine : Q: If you were a lawyer again, what would you want to accomplish as a future feminist legal agenda? JUSTICE GINSBURG: Reproductive choice has . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s one example among many of the wise moderation of the new encyclical : In his Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens of 1971, Paul VI reflected on the meaning of politics, and the danger constituted by utopian and ideological visions that place its ethical and human dimensions in . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things seeks an associate editor to join its New York office. A qualified applicant must have familiarity with the magazine and a genuine interest in the magazine’s work on religion, culture, and public life. This is an editor’s position rather than a writer’s position. . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s the title of an article I just published in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 12.3 (Summer 2009): 53-67 . You can find it online on my website here . Here are some excerpts (endnotes omitted): John Paul is suggesting that a university as a whole cannot claim . . . . Continue Reading »
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