SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

The Culture of Death reaches into elementary school:Rat: I feel your pain but quitting is not the . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2009 0

Media Bias: What They Don’t Tell You is Often the Story

by Wesley J. Smith

The media continue to report narratives (theirs) instead of stories. Here’s a headline you didn’t see, but should have: “Sea Ice Returns to 1979 Levels: Growth Is Fastest Rate of Change Ever.” From the notice at Daily Tech: Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2009 0

Media Reportage Reads Like Press Release for Geron Corp.—Again

by Wesley J. Smith

The media is at it again, pushing the stem cell line desired by a Big Biotech company. This story in the Chicago Tribune seems sparked by Geron’s publicity department rather than having been garnered through independent reporting. It’s about why the field has moved slowly and how Geron . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2009 0

More Photos of Richard John Neuhaus

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

I’ve just finished uploading another batch of photographs of Fr. Neuhaus onto the website. They are some of his—and our—personal favorites. . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2009 0

Stop Google Searches to Save the Planet!

by Wesley J. Smith

The coup de culture is driving some of us out of our minds. This post has to do with the radical environmentalism/earth religion part of the triad of the New Western Order that includes as its other manifestation, utilitarianism and hedonism. A physicist has warned that we are destroying the planet . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0

The Enlightened One

A priest whose name shall not be mentioned emailed me this morning to remind me that in a week and two days "a new era in mankind will begin . . . " While millions of Americans cheerfully await the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama II there are a few of us who are not quite so . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0

Eugenically Child Born in Brave New Britain

by Wesley J. Smith

Several SHSers have sent me the story of the birth of the baby girl, who was selected “in” as an embryo, as her “defective” siblings were destroyed, and permitted to be implanted and born because she did not carry a gene that gives rise to breast cancer. Yuval Levin has . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0

Obituaries

by Joseph Bottum

I spent the morning browsing through obituaries for our friend, Fr. Neuhaus. For those interested, here are my own reminiscences , online today in the Weekly Standard . I lack the strength today to say all that needs to be said—praise, mostly—for the writing poured out for the occasion. . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0

"Death by Indifference:" Medically Neglectiing People with Developmental Disabilities to Death in the UK

by Wesley J. Smith

Regular SHSers will recall the horrific case of Martin Ryan, an adult with Down syndrome who, after a stroke left him unable to talk, was allowed to starve to death over 26 days in a UK hospital. I have done some Googling, and found some more on the story. Martin’s and other deaths came to . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0

Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009)

Especially in his classic 1984 work The Naked Public Square , Neuhaus tackled important and still timely issues regarding the religious underpinnings of American life, the proper division between church and state, and the real meaning of American secularism. Insofar as these studies forced him to . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jan 2009 0