Ryan T. Anderson is back in the saddle, once again writing on his old beat, the stem cell wars: On March 9, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order spending federal dollars—for the first time ever—on embryo-destructive stem-cell research. Yesterday, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the . . . . Continue Reading »
At a lawyers conference I attended recently, the conversation turned to “The Innocence of Muslims,” the offensive YouTube video that has sparked riots throughout the Muslim world. “Why do they react this way?” a partner at a major law firm asked, referring to Muslim . . . . Continue Reading »
A rambling article begins with the question, “What’s the best place for young men’s health care?” The author—-despite the seeming fact that he’s never visited one of their clinics, and without any reference to the health and life of the very youngest of men and . . . . Continue Reading »
Much has and will be made of a report issued recently by the Pew Forum, finding a significant increase in the percentage of Americans who identify themselves as religiously unaffiliated. Commentators have seized on one fact—less than half of Americans now identify themselves as Protestant, a . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael New sent me a helpful note about the latest, much-discussed study on free contraception: Last week a study which appeared in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology had the mainstream media swooning. It purportedly found that providing no-cost contraception to women resulted in a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m frustrated by the way in which the Republican leadership has largely suppressed debate about moral and cultural issues in this electoral cycle. Yes, the economic situation is very important. But in the long run a productive economy requires a healthy culture. I wish Karl Rove would put a . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on Vatican II’s golden anniversary : The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, the most important Catholic event since the 16th-century Council of Trent, was solemnly opened by Pope John XXIII 50 years ago, on October 11, 1962. Commentators ever since have taken that . . . . Continue Reading »
I hope you will all have seen the news breaking this morning prior to the meeting of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. I first saw it on Powerline, in a piece by John Hinderaker. Now, Paul Mirengoff of that site has a piece about leaking classified briefing . . . . Continue Reading »
Randy Boyagoda, a frequent contributor to these pages and the author of a forthcoming biography of Richard John Neuhuas, discusses his novel ” Beggar’s Feast ” with John Miller: . . . . Continue Reading »
Regular readers know that I’m an advocate and practitioner of ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and cooperation. I believe that persons, including leaders, of different traditions of faith should treat each other, and each other’s faiths, with respect and look for opportunities to work . . . . Continue Reading »
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