Several years ago, I wrote about the woeful decline in the taking of the Hippocratic Oath, and the pabulum replacements that really did not require new doctors to pledge anything very meaningful at all. From my 2006 piece, “Harm Done,” in NRO:Unfortunately, we live in an age when . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Cleaning the Cobra Pit °°°°°° 2. The 50 books every child should read °°°°°° 3. Music Linked to Depression in Teens, Study Finds Teenagers who spend more time listening to music are more likely to suffer from depression than kids who opt to spend . . . . Continue Reading »
Last winter Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George posted online their paper What is Marriage? , a comprehensive, accessible argument for the view that marriage necessarily involves one man and one woman. The article was an unlikely hit, climbing to become the number one paper on . . . . Continue Reading »
I often hear that people are not exceptional, that we are just like animals and that any morality we develop is merely a result of natural selection forces.I don’t believe that. I believe we have—to a degree, not absolutely—surmounted evolution, which is undirected, by . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember way back when (about two weeks ago) President Obama said the U.S. is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya ? I also want to be clear about what we will not be doing. The United States is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya. And we are not going to use force to go beyond a . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Diane Meier was once a vocal proponent of assisted suicide. She is one of the nation’s top palliative care experts—along with Dr. Kathleen Foley. Here are her credentials: she was a winner of a McArthur (genius) Fellowship and Director of the Center to Advance Palliative . . . . Continue Reading »
The existence of new religious apps for iPhone and Android, such as iMissal and the Confession app, reveal increasing numbers of people using their smart phones to assist them with religious practices. But they also present us with new questions about the acceptability of cellphone use in sacred . . . . Continue Reading »
Conscience protection for pharmacists now the law in Illinois : An Illinois judge has ruled in favor of two pro-life pharmacists who don’t want to dispense the so-called “morning-after pill,” or Plan B, on religious grounds. On Tuesday, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge John . . . . Continue Reading »
Each year the John Templeton Foundation gives a monetary award in the amount of £1,000,000 sterling to an “ entrepreneur of the spirit “: outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality. The Prize celebrates no . . . . Continue Reading »
Albert Mohler observes: The case of Florida pastor Terry Jones presents Christians with an easy judgment but a difficult dilemma. This publicity-seeking pastor of a tiny congregation deserves to be condemned in every way for his act of putting the Qur’an “on trial” and for then . . . . Continue Reading »
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