I often hear that people are not exceptional, that we are just like animals and that any morality we develop is merely a result of natural selection forces.I don’t believe that. I believe we have—to a degree, not absolutely—surmounted evolution, which is undirected, by . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember way back when (about two weeks ago) President Obama said the U.S. is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya ? I also want to be clear about what we will not be doing. The United States is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya. And we are not going to use force to go beyond a . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Diane Meier was once a vocal proponent of assisted suicide. She is one of the nation’s top palliative care experts—along with Dr. Kathleen Foley. Here are her credentials: she was a winner of a McArthur (genius) Fellowship and Director of the Center to Advance Palliative . . . . Continue Reading »
The existence of new religious apps for iPhone and Android, such as iMissal and the Confession app, reveal increasing numbers of people using their smart phones to assist them with religious practices. But they also present us with new questions about the acceptability of cellphone use in sacred . . . . Continue Reading »
Conscience protection for pharmacists now the law in Illinois : An Illinois judge has ruled in favor of two pro-life pharmacists who don’t want to dispense the so-called “morning-after pill,” or Plan B, on religious grounds. On Tuesday, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge John . . . . Continue Reading »
Each year the John Templeton Foundation gives a monetary award in the amount of £1,000,000 sterling to an “ entrepreneur of the spirit “: outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality. The Prize celebrates no . . . . Continue Reading »
Albert Mohler observes: The case of Florida pastor Terry Jones presents Christians with an easy judgment but a difficult dilemma. This publicity-seeking pastor of a tiny congregation deserves to be condemned in every way for his act of putting the Qur’an “on trial” and for then . . . . Continue Reading »
A free and flourishing people with virtue—this is certainly something to be desired and celebrated. Today in the United States the specific details required for such virtue remains in dispute for this self-same people called Americans in each and every idiosyncratic distinction. We live in a . . . . Continue Reading »
The governor of Idaho has signed the legislation making assisted suicide a felony. Excellent news. That should take the likely planned lawsuit by C & C off the table. Congratulations to all . . . . Continue Reading »
I warned and I warned, here at SHS, in speeches, on the radio: Obamacare would spawn 100,000 pages of regulations. That’s because we no longer pass laws that govern, we pass laws that serve as skeletons for the bureaucrats to create the rules that actually exert the details of . . . . Continue Reading »
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