Most people are unaware of how utterly unhinged some members of the animal rights movement are becoming. That is why I occasionally provide a peek behind the curtain. Today, over at my other blog RPDB (for short), I cover a thinly veiled murderous screed on one of the animal rights Web . . . . Continue Reading »
All right, I’ve finished, at last, a serious read through the new encyclical Caritas in Veritate , recording—for my own edification, though probably no one else’s—the first thoughts that occurred to me along the way. For what they’re worth, here the ten posts are: one , two . . . . Continue Reading »
Chapter 7 begins with a complex analogy: As no one builds himself without the initial gift from God and influence from other persons, so no people or culture builds itself. The sheer assertion would probably have been better here. (A general rule of thumb for editors: If the metaphor is more . . . . Continue Reading »
This is causing quite a stir online. Read Weigel’s essay here . Criticisms are offered here , here , here , and here . If you are interested in even more commentaries on the encyclical by others, Christopher Blosser is maintaining the master list here at First Things . My own take on Caritas . . . . Continue Reading »
As President Obama tub thumps about cutting medical costs and old people are being targeted for rationing, some scientists are trying to find a magic pill to extend our lives. And now, they may have found a candidate. From the story:Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent . . . . Continue Reading »
And on we go to Chapter 5, paragraphs 53 through 67. Poverty is caused by isolation, Benedict insists: isolation from other humans, and isolation from the foundation that is God. Is that right? Maybe. Okay, I guess so. In a certain sense. But the text here in the opening of Chapter 5 is very muddy. . . . . Continue Reading »
What a fabulous idea! Give this man some credit, he sees the postmodern conservative point of my post was to say that there’s something—but not everything—good about the South. And surely he’s right to add that I’m the true heir of the authors of I’LL TAKE MY . . . . Continue Reading »
Because not everyone can afford to wait for a new profit model. . . . . Continue Reading »
A rule in Washington requires pharmacists to carry and dispense all legal medications. A pharmacy whose owners have a religious opposition to Plan B obtained an injunction at the trial court exempting their business from the rule based on religious discrimination. This was overturned the other day . . . . Continue Reading »
A federal case involving a pharmacy refusing to dispense Plan B—aka the “morning after pill”—based on religious objection also has disturbing implications for assisted suicide in that state. A three panel Court of Appeals panel reversed an injunction and sent the case back to . . . . Continue Reading »
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