Oh brother. Some big brained “scientists” gave students a beta blocker. For heart disease? No, to measure whether the pill could reduce racist attitudes. From the Daily News story:British researchers found that a common heart disease drug lowers more . . . . Continue Reading »
Tony DiStefano has written a piece for Catholic Phoenix entitled ” Why I Am Not A Conservative or Liberal Catholic, and Why You Shouldn’t Be One, Either ,” that tries to get beyond the dividing line: To repeat: It makes no real theological & ecclesial sense to speak of . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Robert Araujo, SJ writes on the use and misuse of John Courtney Murray in today’s religious discourse, especially in the battle over the HHS mandate: In regard to the controversy of the present moment about religious freedom, the distinction between public and private moralities is . . . . Continue Reading »
Remembering Shahbaz Bhatti Anto Akkara, National Catholic Register Saving Happiness from Politics Marc De Vos, National Affairs New York Times Advertisement’s Gutter Rhetoric John Leo, Daily Beast The Rule of God & The Whims of History Mark Noll, Patheos Adam Smith vs. Crony . . . . Continue Reading »
Polls show that AL and MS are pretty much three-way ties, with the not-Romney vote, of course, split down the middle. That kind of result helps Romney, of course. Other good news is that Romney runs ahead of Obama in a 2nd poll. Question: Why are Republicans so fatalistic when they’re . . . . Continue Reading »
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Did you know that William F. Buckley, Jr., considered The Lives of Others the best film he had seen in many years? Did you know that the central accomplishment of the film, is that while true tales of communist regimes slaughtering 2 million here(Cambodia), 30 million there(Mao’s 1958 . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh brother. Every once in a while I like to check in to see what our friends the transhumanists are fantasizing about. The latest is apparently ”machine rights” and ”machine ethics,” that is the rules that should guide our treatment of machines once they . . . . Continue Reading »
Santorum won big in Kansas. I don’t think it makes much difference. It is more evidence of Mitt’s evangelical problem that has little to do with the South. Good Romney stats: He’s up double-digits over Santorum among Republicans and five (in one poll) over Obama. Good news for . . . . Continue Reading »
Santorum is expected to finish first in the popular vote in Kansas Caucuses tomorrow. The polls in Alabama and Mississippi are close (well actually Mississippi isn’t that close.) Does a Santorum win tomorrow plus his three wins earlier in the week, plus the lack of any . . . . Continue Reading »
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