Jason Hood has posted something on The Death of Christianity in the Middle East, for which the United States and its allies may bear some culpability. The statistics are sobering:Here’s the big picture, from the Jersualem Post: “…at the time of Lebanese independence from France in . . . . Continue Reading »
There NICE goes again. The (misnamed) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence—actually the UK’s health rationing agency—plans to turn down a breakthrough treatment for advanced stage melanoma. From the Oncology Report story:A drug considered a breakthrough . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Yglesias makes a peculiar insinuation : Not to get too sucked into the weeds of nonsense, but with this effort to gin up the idea that Occupy Wall Street is somehow shot-through with anti-semitism, and American media industry that’s full of Jewish people is once again somehow losing . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . and those who do are in the thrall of illusions that produce evildoing. (Food for Porcher thought?) . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains why religious freedom should be the moral center of American diplomacy: As the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) claimed, “the new Afghan draft constitution fails to protect the fundamental human rights of . . . . Continue Reading »
For the first time, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has admitted the harmful repercussions of abortion for society , at least in a particular context: “The United Nations have long been aware of this issue of prenatal sex selection, which is widespread in some Asian . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a piece in the current Center for Bioethics newsletter about the so-called “duty to die.” I discuss two examples of notable bioethicists advocating a duty to die, with quotes. I then note that enacting such a legal duty remains theoretical, but note that may be less . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy George and Charles Colson on the Big Love strategy : Big Love , HBO’s series about the “polygamists next door” in Sandy, Utah, ended its five-year run last March, but polygamy is still going strong on American television. TLC’s reality series Sister Wives , which . . . . Continue Reading »
EU court bars stem cell patents when embryos destroyed, Christians hail ruling Reuters How I Wish the Homosexuality Debate Would Go Kingdom People , Trevin Wax Questions to ask your local anti-Stratfordian more than 95 theses , Alan Jacobs Crimes against Culture or Business as Usual? H-Net Reviews . . . . Continue Reading »
Evangelicals who take an interest in the life of the mind inevitably encounter two types of fundamentalists. Although the two types are similar, they are easy to distinguish. Both types believe that their views of the scripture, creation, and/or history are the only legitimate interpretations and . . . . Continue Reading »
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