Good grief. Here we go again.The SF Chronicle has a front page story about the fourth human subject to receive an embryonic stem cell-derived injection of cells. From the story:A Bay Area patient who recently suffered a serious spinal cord injury and is now paralyzed from the waist down . . . . Continue Reading »
A report on an encouraging conference — attended by Leroy Huizenga, author of several recent “On the Square” articles — held by the Catholic bishops’ doctrine committee for young (untenured) Catholic theologians: Young Theologians Encouraged to Confront ‘The . . . . Continue Reading »
This should be a huge story, but isn’t. Belgian doctors have coupled euthanasia and organ harvesting—and write about it in respected medical journals. Moreover, the eligible for the euthanasia harvest are people with disabilities—such as MS—and even the mentally . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter take on a deformed view of Biblical masculinity: My manly bona fides : I’ve spent sixteen years in the Marine Corps and sixteen seconds (cumulatively) riding bulls. I’ve spent my summers in 104-degree weather baling hay, shoeing horses, . . . . Continue Reading »
In my first article against euthanasia/assisted suicide—published in Newsweek in 1993—that legalization would inevitably lead to organ harvesting “as a plum to society.” As I have reported here and elsewhere, the harvest is now being reaped in Belgium—and doctors there . . . . Continue Reading »
When future historians look back on the strange beliefs held during our era, they’ll chuckle at the thought that so many people believed the mind is identical to the brain. As philosopher Bill Vallicella says , “Few philosophers nowadays would maintain the bald thesis that the mind is . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the twenty physician members of Congress , Rep. Phil Roe (an unusual name for an OB/GYN, no?) helped save a man’s life at the Charlotte-Douglas airport yesterday. Also, of the twenty physicians in Congress, eighteen are Republicans. Of the Republicans, twelve are in . . . . Continue Reading »
Backers rally for tough ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill Washington Times , Cheryl Wetzstein Report: Internet giants shun ads of faiths Washington Times , Jordan E. Otero A rough decade for American congregations CNN Belief Blog, Eric Marrapodi France Bans Street Prayers Reuters , Nicholas . . . . Continue Reading »
The practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays, for centuries a distinctive marker of Catholic practice, became mandatory for all Catholics in England and Wales this past Friday for the first time in decades. An “analyst” (the BBC felt it necessary to call one in for this story) wasted . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the poll hyped by Drudge and others that shows Palin (!) within spitting distance of Obama and half the electorate already planning to vote against the president. But it’s still not the case that any particular Republican is actually leading Obama. I should link—but . . . . Continue Reading »
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