This is hilarious. After every noteworthy weather event, MSM types such as the NYT and Time, scream, IT’S GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHAGE, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!. People who get the most attention in the world, such as Al Gore, Prince Charles, Thomas Friedman, Bill Clinton, . . . . Continue Reading »
Doctors in San Francisco are refusing to intervene in a suicide by starvation by an suspected murderer—even though he has been declared mentally incompetent. From the “Matier and Ross” feature in the SF Chronicle:Doctors at San Francisco General Hospital are refusing to . . . . Continue Reading »
Communion in both kinds (host and cup) is a staple of the Lutheran reform of the Mass. Somewhere around article twenty-two in the Augsburg Confession of 1530 you’ll find this: Among us both kinds of the sacrament are given to the laity for the following reason. There is clear order and command . . . . Continue Reading »
Baby Joseph, who was the subject of a bitter futile care theory lawsuit that involved two elements: First, Canadian doctors and hospital administration wanting to end all life-sustaining treatment for the terminally ill boy so he would die. But they also refused a tracheotomy as medically . . . . Continue Reading »
As Wesley Smith notes below , Iranian Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has refused to recant his faith. Absent any new action on the part of the Iranian regime, this paves the way for death by hanging . I’ve recently raised questions about the Obama Administration’s . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains the importance of thinking morally about reproductive technologies: From the time of Adam and Eve until the late 1970s, there was—with one notable exception—only one way to make a baby: the sexual bonding of a man and a woman. That . . . . Continue Reading »
More conflict over expressions of faith in the (literal) public square, this time from a less-expected angle: a Jewish group’s recent plans to erect a sukkah in a public park in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan has generated opposition from the local community board. The traditional . . . . Continue Reading »
Study History, Save Your Marriage Patheos , John Fea “Why Can’t I Own Canadians?” Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth White Horse Inn , Michael Horton A Strange Review: Moneyball Strange Herring , Anthony Sacramone Teenage girl dies in Japan ‘exorcism’ The Telegraph The . . . . Continue Reading »
A Congressional committee is planning an investigation of Planned Parenthood . The probe is partially in response to the special report by Americans United for Life which uncovered a range of abuses by the abortion provider: In a September 15 letter LifeNews.com obtained, Rep. Cliff Stearns, a . . . . Continue Reading »
I agree with Pete’s gushing about Christie’s speech. He’s operating on a higher and more subtle level than the other candidates. So I’m hoping he works out. (I was neither endorsing Romney nor dissing Reagan below. But there is a case for Romney, after all.) But OMG . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
