A terrible serial child molester has undergone surgical castration as part of a plea deal to let him out of prison. From the story:A 78-year-old Louisiana state prisoner was surgically castrated this week at a hospital in Baton Rouge as part of a plea deal in a child molestation case. The . . . . Continue Reading »
ME on the Cornerstone Speech. . . . . Continue Reading »
I would say “dead man walking,” but such political metaphors are verboten if one is perceived as right of center. Nevertheless, as I predicted, Donald Berwick’s time as head of Medicare/Medicaid will end this year.Recap: Berwick is a vocal health care rationing . . . . Continue Reading »
This post in The Mail from Accra, Ghana, carries the following report: “The Global food prices rose for the eighth straight month in February, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, while also warning that unexpected spikes in oil prices could exacerbate an . . . . Continue Reading »
Since when is keeping the desire to keep one’s mother nourished grounds for removing them from a say in her medical decision making? When an immigrant family wants their mother to receive a feeding tube and the hospital no longer wants to be on the financial hook for providing it. . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe in human equality, but that doesn’t mean we should not distinguish ourselves from each other regarding our societal functions. I bring this up because a medical student named William W. Motley argues that doctors should give up their white coats. It’s an interesting . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Facebook blamed for 1 in 5 divorces in the US Facebook is cited in 1 out of every 5 divorces in the United States, according to the Loyola University Health System. Furthermore, 81 percent of the country’s top divorce attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using . . . . Continue Reading »
Jim Wallis and a number of other Christians involved in politics are trying to gain attention for the question, “What would Jesus cut?” The answer to this question is supposed to be as obvious as it is in other moral contexts. For example, would Jesus lie about the useful life of a . . . . Continue Reading »
Environmentalism has taken on a distinctly anti human hue in recent years—which is why I got interested in discussing it here. Latest example: We are supposedly calling a mass extinction event. From the story:Mankind may have unleashed the sixth known mass extinction in . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning Joe noticed Jordan’s excellent response to the new manifesto from some evangelicals who desperately want to be (or be seen to be) relevant to the debate about government spending and debt. Among the document’s many failings, there’s one in particular I want to call . . . . Continue Reading »
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