This is very disturbing. An autistic man has been denied a heart transplant, apparently because of his mental disability. From the AP story:In a letter, dated June 13, 2011, Dr. Susan Brozena wrote: “I have recommended against transplant given his psychiatric issues, autism, the . . . . Continue Reading »
It has been coming for some time, but the top voices in bioethics—by which I mean those who inhabit the top floors of the ivory tower—are almost all blatant eugenicists. That sure is from whence the first eugenics came from—and the pattern is repeating itself. First, . . . . Continue Reading »
It is only with reluctance that I even comment on this stomach-turning video. But it seems to me that it must not be passed over in silence or ignored by Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the United States. It is important for us not to avert our gaze from the fact that the vile and, it . . . . Continue Reading »
The study described in this article found that among the residential college students queried, “egalitarian sexual conservatism” was the modal position. Fully 48% of the respondents disapproved equally of men and women who engaged in the collegiate “hook-up” culture. By . . . . Continue Reading »
Surrogates and Their Discontents Chris White, Public Discourse A Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical Dwight Garner, New York Times The Anti-Ecclesial Rhetoric of Emerging Church Movements Ben Witherington, The Bible and Culture St. Augustine, Asking Questions Atheists . . . . Continue Reading »
I have to agree with Peter Lawler about the resentment younger generations might rightly feel towards Baby Boomers. However, I ask if Baby Boomers weren’t equally screwed by the Greatest Generation? Through Social Security and Medicare, that generation got back far more than it . . . . Continue Reading »
Some conservatives, I’m one, recognize that there are people on the right whose conduct and rhetoric contribute to the poisoning of our political discourse, but believe that people on the left are much worse. Some liberals acknowledge that there are people on the left who . . . . Continue Reading »
For some reason our political culture has gotten away from the idea of a President running for reelection replacing their Vice President on the ticket. It didn’t used to be so. Lincoln and FDR both replaced their running mates (FDR did it twice.) I think that part of it . . . . Continue Reading »
Who knows, there might actually be some truth to what’s said here by ME. . . . . Continue Reading »
Tony Nicklinson, a UK man paralyzed with “locked in syndrome,” has lost his court request to be allowed to commit suicide—which would actually be euthanasia. From the Telegraph story:Under recent guidelines from the Director of Public Prosecutions only family members or close . . . . Continue Reading »
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