Art Caplan, a well-regarded liberal bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, reports on a new study on the risks of IVF and ICSI: An article just published in the highly respected journal Fertility and Sterility ought to give anyone thinking about using “test tube” baby technology . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino Jr. on the serenity of Vatican II : The progressive left sees the Council as an open-ended innovation whose revolutionary promise has yet to be fulfilled. The traditionalist right views it with deep suspicion and is sometimes heard to say (if not openly, at least sotto voce) that the . . . . Continue Reading »
GetReligion , a site which is perhaps the most astute watchdog of the media’s coverage of religion today, highlights a recent example of remarkably solid reporting. Calling it a refreshing change of pace from the raft of screeds which have populated editorial pages over the past week, Mollie . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing at the Weekly Standard, Phillip Muñoz argues for the merits of the recent statement on religious freedom by the Catholic bishops: The Obama administration was not against an exemption per se, it just wanted a narrow one that only covered church employees serving members of their own . . . . Continue Reading »
For all the screaming about Republicans cutting Medicare, Obamacare cut it by $500 billion. The law provided that the bite begin this year. Oops. That could hurt the president’s reelection chances. So, the spending has been maintained by pretending existing Medicare programs are experimental! . . . . Continue Reading »
The Possibility of the Non-Theocratic Regime Thaddeus Kozinski, Ethika Politika Reclaiming the Cultural Foundation of Money Bruce Davis, ResPublica Challenging Sacred Assumptions Peter Wehner, Commentary A Baptist Theology of the Body? Ken Camp, Associated Baptist Press The Most Religiously . . . . Continue Reading »
This blog is written in real time. It is primarily commentary, not journalism, in the literal sense. It also seeks to engage readers in discussions about the cutting edge issues of human exceptionalism, bioethics, animal rights, scientism, radical misanthropic environmentalism, . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So this comparison is based on Carl’s and Pete’s thoughtful corrections to my spin on Jim Ceaser’s more upbeat businessman vs. intellectual. 2. I agree with Jim that our president deserves to be classed a real intellectual. He wrote real books full of interesting thoughts. Plus . . . . Continue Reading »
Charles Colson has gone home to be with the Lord. The Prison Fellowship ministry family invites you to join in celebrating his life.My son, Jonathan, and I bumped into him at his BreakPoint ministry office a few years ago. It was my first visit there, just dropping in on Travis McSherley, the editor . . . . Continue Reading »
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