AsiaNews reports that, at today’s general audience, Benedict XVI directly addressed the sobering reality of the Holocaust as well as his recent decision to lift the excommunication on the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X: The Holocaust remains a warning against the power of evil and all . . . . Continue Reading »
Just in case you missed it, the Washington Times this Sunday had a wonderful article on Deirdre Byrne, a Catholic sister, army captain, and surgeon who spends her time caring for the poor and sick of the world: The statuesque, graying 52-year-old recently exchanged her habit for a helmet and . . . . Continue Reading »
"Where have you been, my blue-eyed son..?" Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall , 1963 Over at Credo Taylor Marshall does the good service of informing us that the Enlightened One has offered his first tithe to the all-knowing Demiurge in his recent reversal of the "Mexico . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve read about it, now hear my analysis of the Montana court case creating a constitutional right to “die with dignity.” As I state, it is the first time of which I am aware in which an advocacy slogan (“death with dignity”) was elevated into a constitutional . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend and fellow alum who is getting his Ph.D. in astrophysics writes in response : “So, this is the reverse of things like the Poynting vector , which points in the direction of propogation of light, or the Heaviside function , which heavily weights one side of a function. These were . . . . Continue Reading »
The attempt to increase the organ donation pool has led to an increased use in “heart death” procurement protocols, known as “non heart-beating cadaver donors.” Under what has been called the Pittsburgh Protocol, obtaining organs via this method involves, 1) Planned removal . . . . Continue Reading »
John Updike, the extraordinarily prolific novelist and critic, has died of lung cancer at the age of 76. You can read more about his life and work in the New York Times’ obituary . . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days ago the magazine of my alma mater, Swarthmore College , arrived in the mail. In it, I noticed an article on one of the alumni most unrecognized by the college, Robert George . The article offered a surprisingly fair and accurate portrayal of George’s writings on new natural law. . . . . Continue Reading »
Having nothing better to do, the British media has created a little hubbub over remarks made by the ever-entertaining Prince Harry. His Royal Highness was caught on camera calling a member of his platoon “our little Paki friend” (in another clip he tells a friend he looks like a . . . . Continue Reading »
Now I’m not saying it’s an excuse, Joseph , but at least it’s an attempt at a proper explanation . . . . . Continue Reading »
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