Over at Ethika Politika, Mattias Caro asks this in response to the discussion in my On the Square column discussion about inalienable rights: An interesting question arises if Professor Rogers has inadvertently created a problem: if certain rights are inalienable then would it not be immoral . . . . Continue Reading »
Religious liberty scholar and advocate Douglas Laycock has offered both praise for and criticism of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ statement on religious freedom, “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty.” Speaking of the document’s examples of contemporary threats to religious . . . . Continue Reading »
Harold James, an economic historian at Princeton University and senior fellow of the Witherspoon Institute, warns of a hyper-splintering of Europe if the crisis of the Euro is not soon resolved: If European integration shifts into reverse, the outcome will not be a series of happy and prosperous . . . . Continue Reading »
Jon Shields says a lot in a few words. Don’t know why a catchy title didn’t come to me. For feminists, the puzzle is why “the right to choose” hasn’t experienced the same success as other Civil Rights initiatives. One answer is that people and especially young women . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s how the pro embryonic stem cell/human cloning advocacy game is played. First, the public faces of patients and their loved ones promise CURES! CURES! CURES! Then, when you call the campaign on the mendacity, they claim, “The scientists have never said that in . . . . Continue Reading »
James R. Rogers on rights you can’t give away : Most Americans know the Declaration of Independence states that God endows people with certain “unalienable” rights. When I ask my students what it means for a right to be inalienable, they respond that it means that government cannot . . . . Continue Reading »
Responding to worries from environmental scientists that the widespread use of hormonal contraceptives is causing a new Silent Spring, the European Union is calling for a costly effort to keep the key chemical in “the Pill” from killing off fish populations: Britain faces a £30bn . . . . Continue Reading »
It turns out that the more scientifically knowledgeable one is, the more likely one is to doubt the risks of climate change . To find out what some scientists find of little concern, read William Happer’s “The Truth about Greenhouse Gases” in last year’s . . . . Continue Reading »
ME on E.O. Wilson’s concealed conservatism. . . . . Continue Reading »
After being in the city for a week now, I’m astonished by how many times I’ve been accosted by representatives of Planned Parenthood. Often directly in front of a Catholic church, these young, cheery volunteers blithely ask, “Would you like to hear from Planned Parenthood . . . . Continue Reading »
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