After thirty-five years of living under Roe v. Wade , many pro-life Americans are understandably weary. This frustration makes them more receptive to the arguments of those who claim that the battle against legal abortion has simply been lost, and that the only sensible goal now is to enact social . . . . Continue Reading »
Elaine Lafferty, pro-choice feminist Democrat and erstwhile editor in chief of Ms. magazine, thinks Sarah Palin is a brilliant woman : Now by “smart,” I don’t refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect . . . . Continue Reading »
From Magnificat ‘s summary of the life of St. Martin, an Italian hermit from the 6th century: Martin’s peace, however, was soon disturbed by the appearance of a mysterious serpent that menaced him, stretching itself out before him as he prayed and slithering beside him in his sleep. . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so typical. A Swiss gynecologist death doctor named Alois Geiger admits helping with the suicide people outside his medical specialty. He is a gynecologist. From the column:Should one not be allowed to make use of medical means to release oneself from suffering? The wish to commit suicide is . . . . Continue Reading »
This is revisionism on steroids. The Hippocratic Oath is no longer taken by most doctors because it has some politically incorrect clauses, such as barring physicians from mercy killing patients, abortion, and sex with patients. I have written about those matters here at SHS before. But now an . . . . Continue Reading »
I recorded an interview with Shelton Walden a bit ago for his program Walden’s Pond on WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York. It airs today at 1 Eastern, or can be streamed here. This is a Pacifica radio station, on the left of the political spectrum as well as the radio dial, and so I was very pleased to . . . . Continue Reading »
Leo Strauss’s “elevation” of the philosopher’s “eternity” is intended as a rhetorical counterweight to the dehumanizing power of technology. Christianity, by referring the meaning of morality to an authority beyond humanity, and by implicating man at heart . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Lawler asks, in a question re: my previous post, "Are today’s sophisticated Western individuals the first people to ever have lost all contact with any sense of transcendence of their biological existence?" To be intellectually sophisticated there must be . . . . Continue Reading »
A disturbing study has been published indicating that many doctors prescribe placebos instead of efficacious medications to their patients. From the story:Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe “placebo treatments” including . . . . Continue Reading »
I have warned against this from time to time, but it always bears repeating. The hype tossed around so casually in the great stem cell debate—mostly but not exclusively by ESCR proponents—has raised hopes so high that some people are rushing for unproven stem cell treatments in places . . . . Continue Reading »
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