This is interesting: Scientists have discovered that activity in the brain surges at the point of death. From the story:A study of seven terminally ill patients found identical surges in brain activity moments before death, providing what may be physiological evidence of “out of body” . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama administration’s talking point on health with regard to abortion has been to insist that any legislation will be “abortion neutral.” So called progressive evangelicals such as Brian McLaren , David Gushee , Jim Wallis and the all the other “prophetic voices” . . . . Continue Reading »
No recent essay I have read captures the potential intrusion on natural human life by political borders better than Joshua Treviño’s recent piece for The New Ledger . It is not a policy proposal, or even a philosophical defense of any particular position on border enforcement. Instead, . . . . Continue Reading »
Anthony Bradley argues that the decline of religion in America will lead to an expanded role of government into our lives : The American Religious Identification Survey, published by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., reports that we should expect one in five Americans to identify themselves as . . . . Continue Reading »
William Underwood, president of Mercer University and a former law professor, recently wrote a column for the Associated Baptist Press in response to criticisms about publishing a lecture from President Jimmy Carter on how his faith informs his view of current events. Underwood’s column . . . . Continue Reading »
A Democratic activist moved to Massachussets, where she expected to be covered by the state’s universal health care program. Oops, it didn’t work out: She can’t afford the premiums. In the process, she learned that Obamacare might not be the wise course that people of . . . . Continue Reading »
I wondered how the president induced Big Pharma to support Obamacare. Now I know: The bills extend the exclusive right to market brand names for biological drugs to more than twice the time currently allowed before less expensive generics can come on line.Sad that the US media don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Given the state of the world’s economy, perhaps the time has come to rein in the funding of stupid scientific studies to ensure that they are limited to really important matters. I bring this up because some scientists claim that the pill has changed women’s taste in men away from . . . . Continue Reading »
Heard more than your fill on the subject of Roman Polanski these days? You’ll find today’s On the Square article a fine digestif; Carson Holloway breaks down the issues underneath the pop controversy: The embrace of sexual liberation necessarily diminishes our horror for rape, and . . . . Continue Reading »
A team of family scholars recently launched a U.S. Marriage Index , the first attempt to track the health of marriage in America. The report begins by asking: “What helps us the most to thrive, as individuals and as a society? Money or marriage? Assets or relationships? Here’s what we . . . . Continue Reading »
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