This is disgusting. CBSLA News has glorified an elderly woman selling suicide kits as “death with dignity.” From “91-Year-Old Grandma Sells Suicide Kits To Help Terminally Ill Die With Dignity”:Meet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some . . . . Continue Reading »
I hesitate to go here because it is not intended to open up the huge political issue of labor relations. But slavery and human trafficking are definite human exceptionalism issues, and so too, I think, is working people to the point of utter exhaustion, hopelessness, and despair. Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »
As Yuval explains, liberals no longer think that History is on their side. So the long for the days when our safety nets were more secure and our lives were more humane and dignified as a result. I might add that one danger that is that our libertarians might come to think too confidently that they . . . . Continue Reading »
Certain elements of the assisted suicide movement obsess over suicide methods. It’s really a death cult: Books are written. Conventions held. Suicide machines such as the “debreather” and “Exit Bag,” are invented. And now, a fellow has . . . . Continue Reading »
The Court of Appeals reversed 2-1 Judge Royce Lamberth’s immediate injunction against NIH funding of ESCR. This changes nothing on the ground, as the original decision was already stayed. The reversal does not end the case, but returns it to Lamberth for further proceedings or trial. And then, . . . . Continue Reading »
This piece was originally written for the Breakpoint blog. Crossposted with their permission.Christians have a deep ambivalence about Ayn Rand that probably draws as deeply from the facts of her biography as from her famous novels. When the refugee from the old Soviet Union met the Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
I promise I have not spent my entire day slavishly following the royal wedding. But a friend sent along the text of the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres’ wedding sermon and I thought it worth sharing (at least in part): A spiritual life grows as love finds its centre beyond ourselves. . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Public Discourse today, Matthew Franck provides a perceptive analysis of a recent episode of politically correct intimidation: ” Same-Sex Marriage and the Assault on Institutional Integrity .” A gay rights group put pressure on King & Spaulding, a prominent Atlanta law firm, to . . . . Continue Reading »
Senator Jon Kyl quotes yours truly in a column criticizing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, about which I wrote in the Weekly Standard, could well become the cornerstone for a new and unaccountable bureaucratic state. From Kyle’s column in the Arizona Capitol Times, . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the Times of the Day: Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of “truth, justice, and the American way,” from his embrace of traditional American . . . . Continue Reading »
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