The American College of Physicians has issued new ethical guidelines. It is making for interesting reading and may provide future fodder for Secondhand Smoke. But I wanted to discuss the College’s position on assisted suicide. First, it states that the College does not support . . . . Continue Reading »
NYC41Percent , an initiative founded last year in part by New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan with the aim of calling attention to (and thereby reducing) the eponymous abortion rate in New York City, has just released statistics for 2010 [note: not 2011, as it takes over a year for stats to become . . . . Continue Reading »
Cosmetic surgery (not reconstructive) is a waste of medical resources and deprofessonalizes medicine by diverting medical assets—doctors, nurses, medical facilities etc.—out of the healing arts and into lifestyle-enhancing procedures. It can also be unsafe. People have . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my tentative outline with reading assignments. I had to drop a lot of topics to fit it in the allotted time: 1.The American Context: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America . (Selections to be handed out.) 2. Our Demographic Crisis: Philip Longman, “Missing Children”; . . . . Continue Reading »
I did about 15 minutes on WSAU AM radio this morning on Obamacare and the growing threat of “nature rights.” If you have nothing else to do while washing the dishes, check it out here. . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on child safety and regulations on American farms : The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed new regulations that will address child labor on farms. Among the proposed rules, paid child workers (these could be kids employed by their own families) under the age of fifteen would . . . . Continue Reading »
Why Fight Same-Sex Marriage? Douglas Farrow, Touchstone Pharmacists’ Conscience Rights on Trial Ed Whelan , Bench Memos Gingrich, Desegregation, and Judicial Supremacy Joel Alicea, Public Discourse The Case Against Pepper Sara Dickerman, Slate The Front Porch Strikes Back Jerry Salyer, Front . . . . Continue Reading »
First off, I agree with Pete’s agreement with me that we don’t really have a candidate we believe can actually defeat the president. It’s possible Romney will become that candidate. In the USA TODAY, the article on Santorum was mainly about his hostility to gay rights. A good . . . . Continue Reading »
This is just a straw in the wind, but it’s nonetheless very disturbing. Will adherents of traditional morality, who seek only to protect their view of marriage (and not in any other way legally to stigmatize homosexuality) be relegated to the margins of society, treated the way . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s the basic data from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life : Among the 57% of Iowa caucus-goers who describe themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians, Santorum finished in first place with 32% support. Ron Paul garnered 18% of the evangelical vote, while Romney, Newt . . . . Continue Reading »
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