The Belgian medical establishment’s enthusiastic embrace of euthanasia has been breathtaking and appalling to behold. Now a study is out stating that a euthanasia counseling service is being underutilized by Belgian doctors. From” Implementation of a service for physicians’ . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Kraynak has published a very fine essay in the current issue of The New Atlantis . In the essay, he argues—quite compellingly, to my mind—that contemporary efforts to appeal to human dignity need foundations that those who make the appeal typically are unable to provide. . . . . Continue Reading »
Martin Luther King, Jr. makes a point that has been forgotten by some of his political heirs: Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values.The two . . . . Continue Reading »
As discussion over the en masse conversions of Anglican priests and parishes continues to swirl (and the media continues to misrepresent, intentionally or unintentionally, the significance of the influx of married priests), a recent op-ed by Fr. Scott Hurd, the Vicar General of the new Ordinariate . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on prosperity’s constant conflict : Though our impoverished origins were centuries established, the only remaining connection to them is in our church, and for many of our siblings and cousins that is a tenuous connection, indeed, for prosperity and good fortune rarely prompt . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Commonweal , John Schwenkler takes R.R. Reno’s side in yesterday’s debate over libertarianism: As Reno points out, the WSJ ’s blinkered focus on the role of tax policy in encouraging economic growth assumes a social policy of its own, one according to which GDP is the sole . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed a Texas law to go into immediate effect that requires doctors to demonstrate that a fetus is a living being 24 hours before a termination. From the Kaiser Health News story:A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a new Texas abortion . . . . Continue Reading »
John Allen tries to knock down the assumption that today’s widespread persecution of Christians, perhaps the most pressing issue in global religious freedom, should be a matter of indifference to the American left: One thinks, for instance, of the famous martyrs of the liberation theology . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip Kitcher reviews Derek Parfit’s On What Matters in the New Republic : It stands as a grand and dedicated attempt to elaborate a fundamentally misguided perspective. Its diligence and its honesty command respect. Perhaps these real virtues will set standards for very different ventures . . . . Continue Reading »
God Matters: Ethical Theory and Divine Law Matthew O’Brien, Public Discourse Tolstoy: Saint or Crank? Brooke Allen, Review In Search of Serendipity Ian Leslie, Intelligent Life Hannah Arendt’s Destructive Legacy Sol Stern, City Journal King’s Theology of Action Robert Vischer, . . . . Continue Reading »
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