Some readers will recall that I recently argued in favor of keeping more or less the current federal healthcare insurance plan, provided that it be amended fully to exclude abortion and euthanasia, and to protect conscience. My reason was that heathcare insurance in the private market has shown a . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second On the Square piece, Owen Strachan recounts the high human cost of football from NFL defensive backs to high school quarterbacks and asks whether America’s new national pastime is worth the price: Football injures many more than it kills. The number of reported . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s “ On the Square ” essay, First Things columnist Elizabeth Scalia draws attention to a recent episode in the “war on Christmas” and the war on the “war on Christmas,” both of which have grown rather tiresome over the years. Scalia notes that the cynical . . . . Continue Reading »
Hans Rosling, a professor of public health from Sweden, has an amazing presentation on how lifespan and income have risen together over the past 200 years. (Via: Blog and Mablog ) . . . . Continue Reading »
Doritos and Pepsi are holding a contes t for a commercial to be aired during Super Bowl XLV. The top five finalists haven’t been announced yet, but I’ll be surprised if this entry doesn’t make the cut. Although it’s calibrated to offend people of almost every faith (even . . . . Continue Reading »
As I’ve noted before, I’ve been following presidential faith-based initiatives since early in the Bush Administration. I’ve hitherto been underwhelmed by faith-based 2.0, the Obama version. But Obama’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships must be doing . . . . Continue Reading »
It goes from the ridiculous to the sublime in Cancun. Now, surgery is a major cause of global warming! From the story:In the new study Professor Ole John Nielsen of Copenhagen found that two of the main anaesthetic gases used, sevoflurane and desflurane, are respectively 210 and 510 . . . . Continue Reading »
I have warned and warned that legalizing assisted suicide leads directly to permitting active euthanasia, as I once put it, like the left leg follows the right, while walking. And now, in Switzerland, a court has taken the poisonous leap. From the story:A regional criminal court in . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. Everybody wants a piece of global warming hysteria. According to a big brain at Cancun, global warming goes hand-in-hand with obesity because—get this—we exercise less due to methods of modern transportation. From the story:The world needs to go on a . . . . Continue Reading »
Four years ago, the story of “Ashley’s Treatment” broke into the news, roiling the bioethical waters. For those who may not recall, Ashley was a profoundly disabled 6-year-old girl whose parents and doctors decided to subject her to medically unnecessary . . . . Continue Reading »
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