The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a doctrinal note on evangelization. Here’s a sample: Although non-Christians can be saved through the grace which God bestows in “ways known to him”, the Church cannot fail to recognize that such persons are lacking a . . . . Continue Reading »
Brave New Britain is showing us the future of eugenic procreation unless we are very careful, the perceived right to only have children who pass health—and eventually attribute—muster. Where once pre-implatation genetic diagnosis was reserved to prevent babies from being born with . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a replay of that episode of The Office , the one about the rival Christmas parties. It would be just like Rowan Williams to hide the conservatives’ karaoke-machine power cord. Meanwhile, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is taking it all in . . . . Continue Reading »
Rodney Coronado is one of the more dangerous animal rights thugs in the country who was previously imprisoned for committing arson “for the animals.” Well, it looks like he is going to the hoosegow again, having entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors. From the story:A well-known . . . . Continue Reading »
I see that Jonathan Last and Michael Novak have been having at it , and getting me in the middle. Please leave me out of it. I have written about the Mormon factor in the Romney candidacy here , here , and here . But let me spare you the trouble of re-reading all that. My argument can be briefly . . . . Continue Reading »
The recent unpleasantness at Princeton brought to mind Villanova professor Robert Maranto’s musing about the ideological tilt of academia, ” As A Republican, I’m on the Fringe .” It’s a familiar story. There are far more liberals and Marxists in the professoriate than . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Ms. Rice: I am a professor of the philosophy of law at Princeton, and someone who enjoyed your fine book Out of Egypt. I have read your endorsement of Senator Clinton and your reasoning as to why you support her despite your pro-life convictions. I am a former Democrat who left the party . . . . Continue Reading »
Former world chess champ and thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side Gary Kasparov has called it quits : He will not continue his bid for the Russian presidency as the ” Other Russia ” candidate. Kasparov has been a none-too-subtle critic of what he considers a thugocracy in the original . . . . Continue Reading »
As I pointed out in an earlier post, the syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman recently castigated President Bush for “betting on the wrong horse,” e.g., adult stem cells, in the stem cell debate. This was ignorant and ridiculous, as even casual readers of SHS know. Adult stem cell research . . . . Continue Reading »
This is becoming a constant whine among the scientific intelligentsia: Sir Martin Evans, who won the Nobel Prize for his work with embryonic stem cells, is complaining that we don’t pay enough attention to science (as if!) when making policy. From the story in the Guardian:Britain’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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