Today we think about an event that was not only the result of evil, but also the reason for allowing evil to exist in the first place. That event is the revealing of the perfection and beauty of God’s grace and righteousness through the demonstration of both on the cross:For all have sinned . . . . Continue Reading »
Oncology has an important article out that every media writer should read. Reporters ubiquitously write or speak of euthanasia as having “tight safeguards” against abuse. They don’t work—and I submit they are not supposed to, but rather, are there merely to give the illusion . . . . Continue Reading »
The Phoenix case of the mentally ill woman assisted in suicide by Final Exit Network zealots—what else would you call people who aided a mentally ill person kill themselves with helium instead of calling in suicide prevention?—ended in a not guilty verdict for the distant leader of the . . . . Continue Reading »
This month marks seven years since I left the Marine Corps. Although I love being a Marine I can honestly say that I don’t miss active duty. In fifteen years of service I sat on the sidelines during three separate wars, and like most Marines, being away from the action drove me insane. . . . . Continue Reading »
If you are not God, you only make the Creed if your God’s mother or his murderer. That means it is great to be Mary, but not so great to be Pontius Pilate.Call no man happy until history decides his role. Pilate was well known for most of his life and Mary obscure. Even at death, the relative . . . . Continue Reading »
As my good friend Peter Lawler would say, ” studies show ” that students who believe in a “harsh, punitive, vengeful, and punishing” God are less likely to cheat on a test than are non-believers or students who believe in a “loving, caring, and forgiving” God. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is an interesting article in The New Republic about why the Greens failed politically across the board in the last two years. From “Blame Game: Has the Green Movement Been a Miserable Flop?”What the hell went wrong? For months now, environmentalists have been asking . . . . Continue Reading »
Poet Luke Johnson says being a poet is a real job . Well, sorta: There’s precious little recompense in the life of a poet. It almost doesn’t make sense to call it a “career’”—because careers are generally synonymous with opportunities for advancement, benefits, and a . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news: Baby Joseph, who doctors and bioethicists at London Health Sciences Centre (Ontario, Canada) wanted to die sooner rather than later, has gone home with his parents. Readers of SHS will recall that the hospital both attempted to impose a “futile care” . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square essay today, Wesley J. Smith tells the story of Fr. George Calciu, a Romanian Orthodox priest imprisoned and tortured for his faith: George Calciu was the youngest of eleven children, raised by devout parents as a faithful Orthodox Christian. Romania became communist in . . . . Continue Reading »
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