This could be huge, because it exposes the entire charade that is the Oregon “oversight” over the act of legalized physician-assisted suicide.Here’s the story: Recently when Scotland was considering legalizing assisted suicide—which failed in the Scottish Parliament—two . . . . Continue Reading »
I know some people want it all to be about CO2. But this meteorologist notes that natural cycles could be more important. And here’s a photo of the Thames frozen from 1895:Hmmm. Looks kind of like...now. . . . . Continue Reading »
The allusion to “orange” is a UK wireless network. Enjoy.HT: . . . . Continue Reading »
The following is a transcript of part one of Gayle Trotter’s podcast interview with George Weigel. Gayle talks with Weigel about The End and the Beginning, the newly released second part of his biography of John Paul II. Weigel, the author of fifteen books and a weekly . . . . Continue Reading »
Euthanasia is in the air. We see stories of disabled people in the UK being assisted in suicide. and the prosecutors look the other way. The Dutch are debating whether the elderly “tired of life” should allowed access to assisted suicide. The Swiss Supreme Court declared . . . . Continue Reading »
I finally have applied to become a member of the clergy roll of the North American Lutheran Church , which means leaving the clergy roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. (Here is the NALC’s site .) About time, too, inasmuch as the NALC made me a dean back in early . . . . Continue Reading »
For readers of George Weigel’s “On The Square” column on the First Things homepage: While we will not feature one such column this week, we will run our next installment early in the new year. . . . . Continue Reading »
Talk about cynical marketing! Columbia University Press has put out a slender book that represents itself as authored by Richard Rorty. The title suggests a topic of importance— Ethics for Today: Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion . But when you open the book (hopefully . . . . Continue Reading »
Oregon may be about to pass a law that puts a patient’s end of life desires into a computer registry. From the story:Oregon is making it easier for the seriously ill to voluntarily make their wishes known about end-of-life care by creating an electronic database that first responders can . . . . Continue Reading »
“That’s not music, it’s just noise” is the easy argument to make against rap music. But this morning in our second On the Square essay , Christopher Walker examines the genre more closely and comes to the conclusion that while it may not be music it’s not just noise. . . . . Continue Reading »
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