Although I’m fluent in evangelicalese and speak a smidgen of Catholic, I only know a few phrases of Mainline. Usually, I can work out the meaning, but I need a translator to figure out what Michelle Obama was saying on a recent appearance of the Tom Joyner Morning Show: It means all the world . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been warning you all until I am blue in the face that the goal of the medical intelligentsia is explicit and invidious health care rationing under Obamacare—just as NICE does in the UK for the NHS. And now, the NEJM has an article pushing the “Quality Adjusted Life . . . . Continue Reading »
An illustration of the differences that still divide serious Christians, from contrasting stories on the 33 Chilean miners trapped so long underground. From the (Southern) Baptist Press : When the mine collapsed, three of the miners — including Henríquez — were Christians. Since . . . . Continue Reading »
I am a gadfly against what I consider to be global warming hysteria. But this post is different. I am trying to be helpful to the people with whom I disagree. I am not kidding. So please read this post in the spirit in which I have written it.Too Much Protection and Political Cover: That is one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Eastern Catholic patriarchs make demands of the pope , during the second day of the synod for the Middle Eastern bishops, and one also proposes “a bank of available priests” from other countries who would serve for a short period in the Middle East. In 1910, six Americans tried to make . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks back, I mentioned a study published by the Hastings Center that hospices in Oregon are not participating in assisted suicide. The CBC asked me to expound more fully on that issue, and the piece is out today.I discuss the abuses in Oregon—which we have dealt with many times . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. It goes from bad, to worse, to I don’t know what to call it. In the UK, unavailability of maternity beds has women giving birth in waiting rooms. From the story:Women are being forced to give birth in a hospital waiting room because there are not enough beds in . . . . Continue Reading »
This is probably the most effective political ad you’ll see this election season. Gov. Pat Quinn may be a supporter of the right to abort humans, but when it comes to the killing of puppies he’s adamantly pro-life. And that’s what really counts, right? (Via: Outside the Beltway ) . . . . Continue Reading »
On his blog, Ed Feser offers some amusing versions of the informal fallacies , in this case very informal ones. They’re all worth quoting, so I will. Post doc, ergo propter doc : The delusion that a Ph.D. confers wisdom, or even basic competence. Example: “Of course the medievals . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m waiting for a chance to read Sam Harris’s new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. I like Harris’s thoughtfulness, his recognition of moral realities, and his stand against religiously motivated violence. That doesn’t mean his attempts to . . . . Continue Reading »
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