Each year, the CBC asks me to go into a trance and astral project myself into the future to see what will happen in bioethics. This year, my record was pretty good. Not perfect—there are no eyeglasses in the astral plane and so my astigmatism made me miss some things, but . . . . Continue Reading »
I have recently urged gay rights advocates To Treat One Another As Humans. We Christians need reminders at times, too. Our public face in the gay-rights controversy is dominated by the message of “You Can’t Do That!” We don’t entirely control how the media portray us, but we . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, James Kerian rejects Charity by the Sword , the contemporary version of the old and now universally rejected practice of “conversion by the sword.” The Christians who advocate it, and they include an ecumenical array of . . . . Continue Reading »
In a recent “Review” section containing a variety of lifestyle content, the Wall Street Journal chose to give front page real estate to a short essay by Erica Jong, the author and pioneer of a certain feminist sexual frankness. The piece in question was an attack on attachment . . . . Continue Reading »
New Scientist reports on a new procedure to keep track of embryos and egg cells during in vitro fertilization: microscopic bar codes . These mouse eggs were tagged by injecting microscopic silicon bar codes into their perivitelline space, the gap between the cell membrane and an outer membrane . . . . Continue Reading »
This morning “On the Square,” R.R. Reno makes an impassioned plea for the necessity of art. In the face of “diseases to cure,” and “environmental disasters to prevent,” it can be tempting to think of art as a luxury we can’t afford. Quite the contrary, Reno . . . . Continue Reading »
Former President Bush is a controversial fellow, but not too many of even his most bitter enemies oppose his laudable effort to fight AIDS in Africa and other poor countries. Today, writing in the Washington Post, he reminds us of the importance of the issue. From “America’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing in Policy Review , Mary Eberstadt reviews The End and the Beginning , George Weigel’s new biography of Pope John Paul II and offers a useful short summary of the pope’s long struggle with Communist authorities who knew how dangerous he was. Intelligence reports to KGB . . . . Continue Reading »
Might this be a creative examination of what a world without a Creator would look like? Is this what the professor had in mind when he gave his students this assignment? I doubt it, but, then, God works in mysterious ways. . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news as it breaks: Euthanasia goes down in Scottish Parliament, 85-16-2. And it was a free vote, meaning no party pressure. That’s huge. Well done . . . . Continue Reading »
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