Modern-Day Levitation!
by Amanda Shaw(A prime example of mendicant crowd-surfing.) But, more often, life as a friar is just plain down-to-earth: —Photos by Br. Maciej Chanaka, OP . . . . Continue Reading »
“If I don’t compete, then my son won’t live.”
by Ryan Sayre Patrico“I hope some athletes have compelling personal stories that can be set to delicate piano music.” That’s what Steven Colbert said on his show before the start of the Olympics last Friday, and it’s funny, because, well, it’s true. And many viewers, myself included, watch . . . . Continue Reading »
Humans Are Not 98% Genetically Identical to Chimpanzees
by Wesley J. SmithI have been researching the purported genetic near-identity between humans and chimps— asserted as the “scientific” basis for the Great Ape Project—and found (unsurprisingly) that the entire advocacy line that “humans and chimps share 98% of our genes” is plain . . . . Continue Reading »
Link-of-the-Day
by Amanda ShawAfter you read our own essay about the “unshakable optimist,” of course! From Edward Ericson, coeditor of The Solzhenitsyn Reader , here is an excellent reflection on the cultural truth-telling of the great man. A taste: One of the exaggerations that many cultural sophisticates hold . . . . Continue Reading »
NHS Meltdown: Utilitarian Bioethicsts Say Don’t Save Expensive Patients Lives
by Wesley J. SmithThe utilitarian bioethicists that exert so much control over NHS medical ethics are tightening the noose around the throats of UK patients once again—this time urging that the lives of expensive patients not be extended. From the story:Patients cannot rely on the NHS to save their lives if the . . . . Continue Reading »
De Manlitate
by Stefan McDanielIf you share my self-indulgent love of conservative Jeremiads, you have probably happened upon quite a few books and articles deploring the unmanliness of postmodern men. It seems to me that there is considerable justice in these complaints, but their authors tend to have little concrete advice on . . . . Continue Reading »
Faith at the Edge
by Ryan Sayre PatricoThe book Faith at the Edge: A New Generation of Catholic Writers reflects on Life, Love, Sex and Other Mysteries landed on my desk last week, and I’ve hardly put it down since. The book is a collection of short essays, some only a few pages long, which were originally written for the online . . . . Continue Reading »
“Do As You Done in Milledgeville”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoHere at First Things we all seem to have a special place in our hearts for Flannery O’Connor. Her stories and letters powerfully illustrate some of life’s most profound truths. From reflections on the frailty and brevity of our time here on earth, to anecdotes on the transforming power . . . . Continue Reading »
A Marriage That Might Never Have Happened Under Assisted Suicide Culture
by Wesley J. SmithThis is the story of a marriage and the strength of human love—the kind of a happy tale that might never happen in a euthanasia culture. From the story:The bride wore an ivory gown, the groom wore a black tux with an ascot to cover the trachea tube that assists his breathing. Joan’s son . . . . Continue Reading »
Lead into Gold: New Patient-Specific Stem Cell Lines Created from Patients With Genetic Diseases
by Wesley J. SmithRemember when the above headline was breathlessly expected to come from human cloning and to serve as a repudiation of the Bush stem cell funding policy? This breakthrough, however, came about with induced pluripotent stem cells created from patient skin cells and bone marrow. From the story:Harvard . . . . Continue Reading »
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