An alleged late term abortion/infanticide clinic has led to murder arrests. From the story:Eyewitness News has learned that a West Philadelphia doctor, his wife and eight other suspects are now under arrest following a grand jury Investigation. Sources say Dr. Kermit Gosnell faces eight counts . . . . Continue Reading »
A Reuters-conducted poll validates the fears we have seen expressed in medical organizational polls about the likely deleterious impact of Obamacare on American health care in general, and on physicians in specific. From the story:Nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors surveyed fear . . . . Continue Reading »
Just a quick post to commend to your attention an absolutely marvelous new site organized by our friends at the Witherspoon Institute . The site— Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism —is a veritable trove of primary sources, original and authoritative . . . . Continue Reading »
Roger Simon, the chief political columnist for POLITICO wonders why body counts influence our willingess to consider murderers evil rather than insane : Evil has been medicalized into insanity. But only up to a certain point. There seems to be a correlation between the number of people you kill and . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friends at Mirror of Justice, a group blog created by a group of Catholic law professors interested in discovering how the Catholic perspective can inform an understanding of the law, have posted their 10,000th blog post. That’s an impressive feat (First Thoughts is only on #5,279). If . . . . Continue Reading »
Let me say that I am grateful to Peter Lawler and James Poulos for the opportunity to write on Postmodern Conservative. My first post is probably excessive and certainly pretentious. I hope to do better in the future. In the future I will try to preach less and point to what others say, but I had . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently came into possession of a book titled Anatomy of a Great Executive by John Wareham. Wareham was a successful executive headhunter who published several big-selling books on assessing talent and achieving success.Success books have interested me since I got married and my . . . . Continue Reading »
The more states join the suits against Obamacare, the more pressure on the administration—and the stronger the sense of the suit among the public and in the courts. (Yes, it is true: Courts follow the election returns.) The total number of states that have sued to have parts of . . . . Continue Reading »
This has President Obama shaking in his boots! That self aggrandizer, Randall Terry, says he is going to challenge Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries. From the story:Pro-life activist Randall Terry announced he will challenge President Barack Obama in a Democratic primary for . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Wilken, chairman of the board of directors for the Institute on Religion and Public Life, has released the following statement: I am pleased to announce that the Board of the Institute on Religion and Public Life has appointed R. R. Reno editor of First Things , effective April 1, 2011. . . . . Continue Reading »
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