N.T. Wright is an outstanding New Testament scholar, having authored some very significant books on Christianity in the last several decades. When speaking out on issues on which he has expertise, Wright is among the best in the world. But when it comes to making pronouncements on international . . . . Continue Reading »
I visited Prague last year and found the Czech Republic to be a vibrant and beautiful place. (Photo by WJS.) Alas, it seems to be slouching toward accepting euthanasia, and indeed, a legalization proposal is now being promoted in the country. From the story:According to the proposed legislation, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have reported here at SHS that due to the “NHS meltdown,” tens of thousands of UK patients travel abroad to receive care they should be able to receive close to home. Now, the concept is apparently spreading in the USA, at least if the AMAMedical News is to be believed. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fresno Bee has an extended article on the Janet Rivera case today. Rivera is a profoundly cognitively disabled woman whose husband and family want her to live, but who has been ordered dehydrated by the public guardian, a matter we first discussed here at SHS last week. (I was interviewed for . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend, working his way again through Moby Dick writes me to say that the book contains “the greatest description of the American soul,” in the first paragraph of Chapter 49: There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this . . . . Continue Reading »
Randy Pausch, famous for his “last lecture,” has died . Mr. Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. His popular last lecture at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007 garnered international attention and was viewed by millions on the Internet. In it, Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »
We have had both sides of Proposition 2, that would among other animal husbandry matters, eradicate the use of cages for chickens. The prime mover behind the initiative is the Humane Society of the United States—the nation’s wealthiest animal rights group (as I view it) that . . . . Continue Reading »
After making an emergency landing in the Philippines, passengers of the Quanta flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne today described their experience of the plane’s in-flight accident thus: “There was an almighty crack,” and, “There was a big bang.” Thankfully . . . . Continue Reading »
Living in the San Francisco Bay area is a surrealistic experience, and the looniness of the more extreme denizens could take up most of the space here at SHS. Two local controversies have involved whether to put suicide barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge and another is the coddling of tree-sitting . . . . Continue Reading »
Two interesting articles in the Wall Street Journal today. One about Bobby Jindal’s path from Hinduism to Christianity to Catholic Christianity: Mr. Jindal’s roommate at Brown University became his baptism sponsor. His parents did not attend the ceremony, which he says was . . . . Continue Reading »
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