New Down Syndrome detection procedures will soon be introduced to the market, using only a sample of the mother’s blood, hopefully reducing the need for more dangerous, invasive tests. Researchers say that the new procedure is not reliable enough to replace the two more dangerous techniques . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian N. T. Wright on Deism, Darwin, and how Epicureanism influenced evolutionary theory: . . . . Continue Reading »
Hollywood Dishonors the Bard New York Times , James Shapiro Catholic Bishops Distribute Baptist Immigration Documentary Ethics Daily Religious studies can take students closer to or farther from faith National Post , Leah LeMoine Fast and Furious: How a Botched Operation Spawned Fatal Results . . . . Continue Reading »
A reminder: We invite you to attend a talk by playwright Jeffrey Fiske on the evening of Wednesday, October 26th, at 6:00 p.m. Jeffrey is an independent playwright and director, best known for writing and directing the Off-Broadway production of C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re in the middle of our Fall fundraising campaign, a new effort to raise funds for the mission and work of the First Things website. I hope you will step forward to be counted among those who give. The First Things website does many things. We provide one and often two (and sometimes even . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I only have a moment this morning. But I couldn’t resist a title composed of two 20th century classics. 2. I expect Pete is right about Cain. He’s certainly right about his tax scheme with the 9s. But: The latest study shows that he’s the only Republican beating Romney. And his . . . . Continue Reading »
Flagg Taylor is a professor of political theory and such at Skidmore College, a friend, and the editor of the essential new collection on totalitarianism and dissent called The Great Lie. And now he’s blogging at Ricochet, home of the blogosphere’s best comments section, writing posts . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a friend of mine who is a huge racing fan. He likes F1 and tends to look down on other racing formats and series like NASCAR and Indy Car (and its earlier offshoot, Champ Car). Yet he is such a racing fan that he watches them all, and secretly likes them all—along with Le Mans (both the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Culture of Death is voracious. Once it begins to feed, it is never satiated, the categories of the killable, never finally enough.Another is a very long series of cases in point that I have been reporting on for nearly twenty years. The Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) now seeks to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Cain boom is in its final weeks. National Review has found the frame for attacking the 9-9-9 plan. It is a 9% VAT + a 9% sales tax + a 9% income tax. Now I don’t think that National Review editorials move a decisive number of votes, but the argument that Cain is going to . . . . Continue Reading »
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