It is very clear now that the primary source for making the connection between autism and vaccines was fraudulent. (We’ve dealt with this issue before at SHS.) Indeed, that now seems beyond dispute. (Here’s a link to the compelling BMJ article debunking the evidence.) The . . . . Continue Reading »
Tong Phuoc Phuc is a one-man Crisis Pregnancy Center. (Via: Creative Minority Report ) Note: My friend Sarah Pulliam Bailey from Christianity Today pointed out that this story is from 2008. Still, it’s such a timeless story that if you haven’t heard about it before it’s worth . . . . Continue Reading »
A Queen’s University Classics professor may have found a reference that Dan Brown missed. Ross Kilpatrick believes the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, incorporates images inspired by the Roman poet Horace and Florentine poet Petrarch . The technique of taking a passage from . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re excited to announce that our friend and contributing writer Elizabeth Scalia has taken a job as the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos . Sadly, it also means that her blog, The Anchoress, has moved to Patheos too. The new address is . . . . Continue Reading »
At its best, art expresses a culture’s best virtues, greatest beauty. But these days, art is more often lauded—or at least given attention—if it is unintelligible, pornographic, subversive, disrespectful, and/or denigrates cherished values or religious traditions.One such value is . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Here’s the first installment of my appreciation of yet another good film of the season. 2. Although I only have patience for one link per post, let me say that I agree with Pistol Pete at NO LEFT TURNS that Mitch Daniels might be the best Republican candidate next year. The reason, of . . . . Continue Reading »
Certain news items strike me as so ridiculous that they seem like hoaxes worthy of The Onion or Lark News. I thought this when I read recently that new applications for passports will now have two slots for guardians: “parent one” and “parent two.” I . . . . Continue Reading »
I am very pleased with the level of discourse we have seen the last day or so among people with diverse, deeply held opinions, about two of the most volatile issues that we face as societies today; abortion and animal rights. I think we show here that people can disagree wholeheartedly, . . . . Continue Reading »
The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has changed its name to the Patients Rights Council to better reflect its mission. From the Council’s statement:Those familiar with the work of the International Task Force know that we’re committed to providing . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, as readers may know, is the second anniversary of the death of the magazine’s founder and long-time editor, Father Richard John Neuhaus. Here are a few sources of his writing, lectures, and interviews, and the comments of others on him, including obituaries: The First Things resources . . . . Continue Reading »
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