One of the supposed protections of euthanasia is the doctor saying no when, as one example, when killing isn’t warranted. (Doctors also say know if participating in killing of a patient is against conscience, of course). Ditto assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington.But . . . . Continue Reading »
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has predictably upheld the district court decision declaring California’s Proposition 8 invalid. Given the composition of the three-judge panel (a Carter appointee, a Clinton appointee, and a Bush 43 appointee), this outcome was never in doubt. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Schiltz at Mirror of Justice has linked to an interview at The Chronicle of a married couple, both medeivalists at Notre Dame, speaking about the effect that Vatican II has had on liturgical music. While not always true, there does seem to be general consensus that, at the very least, the . . . . Continue Reading »
David Brooks is no conservative, even though he is supposed to fill that role on the NYT op/ed page. (Actually, Ross Douthat does.) He has a column today criticizing the Obama Administration’s Free Birth Control Rule. And like too many liberals, he is primarily . . . . Continue Reading »
In reading an essay by Peter Collier on the late Christopher Hitchens in the February 2012 issue of the New Criterion , I was brought up short when I came across this: “ . . . former New Leftists who, like us, had resigned from our radical generation and embraced America as the hope of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Steve Hayward’s cookin’ with gas over at Powerline : “But the prize for this week’s liberal obtuseness about the Constitution goes to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who told an Egyptian television audience that ‘I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I . . . . Continue Reading »
“To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o’clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.” Such was the auspicious beginning of David . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a study described by this New York Times article , our constitution is increasingly out of step with its counterparts around the world. Where once ours was the model, now people are looking to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (which, if memory serves, was more or less . . . . Continue Reading »
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writing for Newsweek, thinks that the intolerance exhibited in the Western world toward Muslims and their communities pales in comparison to the brutally violent abuse that Christians are often faced with in Muslim-majority countries, and requires a recasting of priorities: . . . . Continue Reading »
Islam and the Right to Life Suzy Ismail, Public Discourse Planned Parenthood’s Hostages Robert P. George and O. Carter Snead, Wall Street Journal Communion by Degree Michael Liccione, Sacramentum Vitae Is Usury Still a Sin? Thomas Storck, Distributist Review Cohabitation Study Off-Base . . . . Continue Reading »
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