The Australian state of Tasmania is expected to have a bill introduced to legalize euthanasia. From the story:The Tasmanian Government is hoping its voluntary euthanasia legislation will be ready by the end of next year. The Attorney General last week announced she will use money from her . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Realm of Religious Freedom , today’s “On the Square” article, editor Joseph Bottum examines the very worrisome implications of “the administration’s favored formula for speaking about religious liberty.” He notes that the president speaks of the relatively . . . . Continue Reading »
Am I the only person astonished by the latest round in the now long simmering sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Europe? Belgian police have taken to raiding offices and—I’m not making this up—opening the tombs of former archbishops . Digging up dead clerics? . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-choice activists are making a big deal about a new study claiming to show that human beings feel no pain until about 24 weeks into their fetal life. Lots of studies have appeared contradicting each other on this, so this is hardly news. There’s been lots of debate on this for several . . . . Continue Reading »
Recent social science research suggest that kids drain their parents’ happiness. But Tony Woodlief wonders if a parent’s happiness isn’t overrated: Any parent will tell you children are difficult, and they wear you out, and they likely will just break your heart in the end. And . . . . Continue Reading »
Sandro Magister reports that Ukraine Plays Referee Between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow . He writes that the relationships between the Church of Rome and the larger part of the Orthodoxy, that is the Church of Russia, have definitely improved. Both agree in addressing together the major . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Sexually Free Woman Discovers Chastity continues to be a popular entry in the man-bites-dog genre, the latest example being Salon.com’s “Chastened”: The Joy of No Sex , an interview with the author of a book about not having sex for a year. The interviewer is quick to . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, my. It’s the thirtieth anniversary of the movie Airplane! And what shall we say, except that genius comes as it will, and you can’t take it apart to find out how it works without destroying it. Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. The Telegraph is warning of terrible slashing cuts in the NHS budget. From the story:The NHS is suffering potentially devastating cuts to jobs and patient services as the Government’s austerity drive hits the health service, doctors’ leaders have warned. Thousands of . . . . Continue Reading »
First there was Viagra, a medicine to help men who had a physical problem being sexual, for example due to prostate maladies. (Remember those awful Bob Dole ads?) But very quickly, the proper therapeutic use of the medicine mutated into something else—using the drug to create hyper sex . . . . Continue Reading »
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