Big money is out there for the brightest minds to shove utilitarianism and the goal of human enhancement down our throats. Australian Professor Julian Savulescu (now in the UK)—who I have seen debate and believe me he is one scary cat—has just picked up an 800 thousand pound grant to . . . . Continue Reading »
In Wales, Leslie and Nick Hartland are fighting to keep their six-year-old daughter Amber on a ventilator, and therefore alive. Amber has Infantile Tay-Sachs, an incurable brain disease, and was hospitalized with a chest infection. A judge will soon rule on whether doctors can “withdraw the . . . . Continue Reading »
Now Germany is surprised at the crassness of assisted suicide advocates. A German official assisted the suicide of an elderly woman—and a la Kevorkian, filmed it and then showed it on television. From the story:As nuanced as that debate may be, though, the death of Bettina S., many are saying . . . . Continue Reading »
A dog that sniffed out survivors after 9/11 has won a contest to be cloned. From the story: Trakr, a German shepherd who lives with his owner James Symington in Los Angeles, was picked by BioArts International as the most “clone-worthy” canine in a competition offering an owner a free . . . . Continue Reading »
It is remarkable that it has gone unremarked—months into the election season, and nobody seems to have noticed that John McCain is running on an astonishingly Catholic platform. Nearly every time he ventures off the establishment conservative ranch, he moves in the direction of liberal . . . . Continue Reading »
Slate’s Will Saletan has weighed in on the Spanish plan to pass the GAP. As usual, his take comes at the reader from different and unexpected angles that acknowledge the arguments of the opposing sides of the debate. (And he is kind enough to give a tip of the hat to yours truly.) But I think . . . . Continue Reading »
Dan Moloney, former associate editor of First Things , has a nice article up on NRO today about teenage planned pregnancy and the Gloucester case. It echoes some points that should be familiar to readers of First Things ( here and here ). . . . . Continue Reading »
What looks to be a smashing exhibit of J.M.W. Turner opens today at the Met: The first retrospective of the work of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) presented in the United States in more than forty years, this international exhibition highlights approximately 140 paintings and watercolors—more . . . . Continue Reading »
News from the UK : Trapped inside their bodies, apparently switched off to the world, but still alive: they are the undead. Or so we thought. Forty per cent of patients in a ‘vegetative state’ are misdiagnosed. Now British scientists are leading the field in trying to put that right. . . . . Continue Reading »
So the hottest homiletical tool seems to be a piece of software called Wordle . Cut and paste the text of your sermon into the appropriate window and Wordle creates a verbal mosaic, calling out key words in various colors and designs. (You can also try that with your denomination’s confession . . . . Continue Reading »
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