I have been fighting against euthanasia since 1992. All that time, I have been waiting for patient killing to be coupled with organ harvesting. Now it has—in Belgium. Doctors have even taken to the road to promote the idea. From the story: A group of Belgian doctors are harvesting . . . . Continue Reading »
Back when I first got into this line of work, I wrote a piece for Newsweek about the dangers of euthanasia consciousness. I was a naif at the time. I had no idea how insidiously seductive the culture of death could be nor how deeply it had already seeped into the culture of the West. . . . . Continue Reading »
The manufacturer of a drug used in executions can’t produce it anymore—making lethal injections problematic. From the story:The legitimacy of the death penalty in the U.S. is regularly debated. But now, at least 35 states that already administer capital punishment may no longer be able . . . . Continue Reading »
William Oddie has offered in the Catholic Herald some suggestions for a Second Syllabus of Errors , playing off the original issued by Pope Pius IX in 1864 to the consternation and outrage of various and sundry regarding its reactionary and anti-modernist bent (Pius’s, not Oddie’s). . . . . Continue Reading »
In his annual message for the World Day of Social Communications , Pope Benedict expressed an appreciation for social media, though he warns against “enclosing oneself in a sort of parallel existence, or excessive exposure to the virtual world.” In the digital world, transmitting . . . . Continue Reading »
As good intentioned as this proposal is, presumed consent for organ donations will just not fly in the USA—as I stated in my earlier post about the then pending Colorado proposal. Now, it has been dropped.Good. Let’s focus on encouraging more people to become donors. How . . . . Continue Reading »
Books on the church and economics are not all that common, so I was eager to talk to the Acton Institute’s Jordan Ballor, who edits the Journal of Markets and Morality, about his new volume Ecumenical Babel.Writing a book is serious undertaking that requires a lot of motivation. . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not a fan of most politically-oriented sermons, especially when they undertake to pronounce on the specifics of public policy. However, a week ago our pastor, the Rev. Dr. W. J. Clyde Ervine, gave us all an excellent example of the right way to preach a political sermon. The title was . . . . Continue Reading »
American assisted suicide activists pretend that legalization is to be strictly controlled. But the legislation they propose—and the laws they pass—contain loopholes big enough for a hearse to drive through. Latest example, the upcoming bill in Vermont to legalize . . . . Continue Reading »
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