The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued its virtually worthless annual report for 2007. (Hit this link for details about the empirical unreliability of this yearly charade.) Based on what the Department was told by prescribing physicians—that is where almost all the information . . . . Continue Reading »
There are two stories that, if true, may be causally linked. First, the AMA News is reporting that medical students lose empathy for their patients during the course of medical school. From the story: It only takes a year to start draining empathy from future physicians, according to a study of . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times has reached a new low—and for that biased rag, that’s saying a lot. Now Jane E. Brody, the Times’ health columnist, is pushing two assisted suicide facilitation groups to her readers—including those who aren’t terminally ill. From her column: As of . . . . Continue Reading »
has passed away at the age of 54 . Very sad. Best known for The English Patient , for which he won a Best Director Oscar, Minghella directed a film on a much smaller scale that I much preferred, Mr. Wonderful . No great masterpiece, but if you came from a working-class Italian-American background, . . . . Continue Reading »
From March 4, 2008, on why those darn Christians just ain’t goin’ away. Enjoy. Thanks to ReformedCatholicism.com . . . . . Continue Reading »
Some people will politicize anything. Take the acquisition, under pressure from the Federal Reserve and other government agencies, of investment bank Bear Stearns by JP Morgan. The argument is going about that Bear Stearns is full of people who have consistently decried government intervention in . . . . Continue Reading »
Glory be to God for dappled things , writes Oxford Jesuit, Gerard Manley Hopkins, breaking into verse that echoes St. Francis’ “Canticle to the Sun.” Physical creation proclaims God’s glory, reflects his simultaneous gentleness and might, and reminds us of his loving . . . . Continue Reading »
There are two veins of thought about animal research among liberationist advocates. One has integrity: It says that humans can benefit from animal research, but that we should eschew it for ethical reasons, e.g., as Gary Francione believes, no sentient being can be property. I disagree profoundly . . . . Continue Reading »
The inimitable Edward T. Oakes forwards this for our reading pleasure. Here’s a snippet: The problem with the secular narrative is not that it assumes progress is inevitable (in many versions, it does not). It is the belief that the sort of advance that has been achieved in science can be . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . if your definition of nigh is 7.59 billion years . One of the scientists responsible for calculating the end-time figures was asked to comment further: Dr. Smith called the new result “a touch depressing” in a series of e-mail messages. But “looked at another way,” he . . . . Continue Reading »
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