Today in “A Stem Cell Report,” Rebecca Oas writes about yet another way in which we might be able to use ethically unproblematic stem cells?in this case, from hair follicles?for medical treatment. Again and again, it seems, scientists are finding actual cures that come from adult stem . . . . Continue Reading »
Hype over embryonic stem cell research has been maddening. The media bias, extreme. And many in elected office, intent on using the sector as a special interest source of campaign funds—and believing the cures meme—have been decidedly uninterested in hearing . . . . Continue Reading »
During Parliamentary debates concerning artificial insemination two years ago, the Speaker of the Italian Low Chamber, Gianfranco Fini declared that “the Parliament should not pass laws that are inspired by religious precepts,” to which Elio Sgreccia replied: “The issues on which . . . . Continue Reading »
Rebecca Oas on the ethical use of stem cell therapies : Solid ethical argument will be centered upon the recognition that some research methods disregard the dignity and integral good of the person while other methods uphold it. It is essential that the basis of our arguments against embryonic stem . . . . Continue Reading »
Decades ago, before the advent of radio and television, public debates and rhetorical competitions were a significant part of American popular culture. Today, what little of the oratorical tradition that remains is often tossed into hasty slogans or cheapened with manufactured outrage. It is in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Bishops Betrayed David Gibson, Religion News Service An Interview with Mustafa Akyol Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches Winning Hispanic Evangelicals Gabriel Salguero, Washington Post The Cornerstone of Religious Freedom Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Wall Street Journal I’m with the Amish on This . . . . Continue Reading »
Studies show that Pete might have been right about the debate, insofar as Romney is now ahead a litte in Florida. The trend in Mitt’s direction is actually quite striking. This may prove that defense doesn’t win primaries. Newt decided to lay back last time and let Mitt attack. . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Greve at the American Enterprise recently posted in a Liberty Fund blog a trenchant analysis of the recently announced HHS regulations that will compel all insurance policies to cover contraception, sterilization, and morning after pills He provides a very lucid analysis of the way in which . . . . Continue Reading »
[ Note: by the criteria laid out in Songbook #12 , this is not a Rock song, but a rock n’ roll one. ] The last Songbook post raised the problem of repetition, of “new music” that is only sort of new. The first sign that recorded pop music could not remain ever-progressive in its . . . . Continue Reading »
Mitch Daniels gave a very good response to Obama yesterday. He took the right angles. There was cutting government by reducing spending on the wealthy rather than raising taxes to fund an unsustainably large state. He smartly argue that that Republicans were the party of both . . . . Continue Reading »
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