My uncle died of Alzheimer’s. I hate that I felt the need to give my bona fides, but in an age where emotional narratives usually rule over reason, it is sometimes necessary.The Huffington Post published a piece by religious lefty April L. Bogle, that basically says we should kill people . . . . Continue Reading »
Allan Bloom wrote a beautiful book on love and friendship. In this book he examined issues that emerge between lovers and friends. He also provided a shorthand for those who merely skim great writers, but who have in their actual lives experienced great love and friendship in their lives (but in . . . . Continue Reading »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued proposed rules to improve and modernize the legal ethical criteria that govern federally funded human research. From the press release:Revisions to the current regulations are now being considered because HHS believes these changes . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The Story of Everything °°°°°° 2. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently °°°°°° 3. The Saddest Movie Scene of All Time In 1979, director Franco Zeffirelli remade a 1931 Oscar-winning film called The Champ, about a washed-up boxer trying to . . . . Continue Reading »
A tragic letter was published in the current British Medical Journal (no link). It is from a Dutch doctor who has twice euthanized patients, but now prefers terminal sedation, in part, because of the stress killing causes her. She ends her letter on a poignant note. From the BMJ . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted earlier about how the Obamacarians have now paid off political allies by forcing every private health insurance policy to pay for a broad array of women’s “reproductive” services—for free. This is how banks are broken and healthcare becomes . . . . Continue Reading »
Rev. James V. Schall considers how Catholicism and political philosophy are connected : A course in “Roman Catholic Political Philosophy” is rarely found in any academic institution, including those sponsored by the Church. We do find courses titled “Religion and Politics,” . . . . Continue Reading »
Many North American Christians have been influenced by the remarkable political and social witness of the great Abraham Kuyper in the Netherlands. I am pleased to count myself among them. Thus it saddens me to read the following BBC report: Dutch rethink Christianity for a doubtful world.An imposing . . . . Continue Reading »
For years, GHWs have tried to panic the world into accepting their rule over the world’s economies—together with a scheme to redistribute wealth to destitute countries as an incentive for them to stay destitute—by claiming that the Arctic ice was MELTING! MELTING! . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, former First Things fellow Gabriel Torretta asks, ” What’s Wrong With Poetry? ” When I was young I reflexively told people I liked poetry. I hardly knew any poets and barely understood those I had read, but poetry seemed to be a necessary . . . . Continue Reading »
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