Four years ago, I wrote about the case of Abdul Rahman , an Afghan convert to Christianity who was charged with apostasy (punishable by execution under Islamic law). Thanks to worldwide pressure on the Karzai government, he was released and offered asylum in Italy. As I noted in my earlier . . . . Continue Reading »
Pope Benedict’s clarification of the moral theology relating to condom use has produced one of those moments in media life when journalists ceremoniously remove their thinking caps and implement a hopelessly formulaic analysis of the Church’s inner politics and theological dialogue. CNN . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, in “On the Square,” instead of the regular column we offer Archbishop Charles Chaput’s review of the now controversial book by Pope Benedict, Light of the World . It is, he writes, a “remarkable book” and “an absolutely mandatory read for anyone who wants . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the Evangel blog, Jeremy Pierce explains the moral reasoning behind Pope Benedict’s recent comment on the use of condoms: There’s a category of moral obligations that occur in funny circumstances. Given that you are doing a certain immoral thing, there are nevertheless . . . . Continue Reading »
I mentioned the problems with Obamacare’s creation of a Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board in a previous post. But I thought it so important, I asked the Weekly Standard if I could opine at greater length, and they agreed.Obamacare gave IPAB’s unelected . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the more interesting educational efforts going on in the world today is taking place in Sulaimani, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. A number of dedicated educators have established a university , at the core of which is a very strong liberal arts program. The language of . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a category of moral obligations that occur in funny circumstances. Given that you are doing a certain immoral thing, there are nevertheless obligations that you have. The pope has recently conceded (finally) that there are such obligations involving condom use. It’s wrong to be a . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so awful. South Africa has a population of about 50 million. Nearly 6 million of them have HIV. And a new study expects another 5 million contract it in the next two decades. From the story:South Africa, already home to 5.7 million H.I.V.-positive people, more than any . . . . Continue Reading »
Not much, apparently. The Pew Research Center has posted the results of its latest survey of our knowledge of current events. The results are not heartening. On average, Americans got 42 percent of the answers right (5 of 12); college graduates did a little better (6.8 of 12—still . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s like I have been saying: Only this time, the warning against GWH is in Science. But the authors still miss the bigger point. From “Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just World Beliefs:”Though scientific evidence for the . . . . Continue Reading »
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