Alexander Tsiaras is an artist and technologist who uses scientific visualization software to display human anatomy. In this talk from a recent TED conference, he shows the “mystery, magic, and divinity” of human development from conception to birth. If you want to see only the . . . . Continue Reading »
I once asked my Discovery Institute colleague, John R. Miller, to tell me his worst experience as George W. Bush’s point man in fighting slavery and human trafficking. He told me that he once saw children confined in hanging bamboo cages. Awful. Just awful.The scourge shows . . . . Continue Reading »
The keynote speaker at More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church , sponsored by Fordham, Yale, Fairfield, and Union Theological Seminary, broke new ground by arguing that homosexual relations are both moral and natural. Defending the morally good quality of homosexual . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written that I suspect the fix is in with regard to the pro assisted suicide lawsuit filed in British Columbia. But at least the Canadian Government is fighting the good fight. Marcia Angell, the former editor of the NEJM—and a wildly emotional euthanasia proponent—is . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the times of the day: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether children conceived by in vitro fertilization after the death of their biological father are entitled to collect Social Security survivor benefits. The court granted cert today in the case, Astrue v. Capato, report . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains how to restore a culture in one easy step: In June I explained how to destroy a culture in five easy steps. On reflection I realize that I was making the issue more complicated than was necessary since the task can be completed in one simple . . . . Continue Reading »
But actually, it is President Obama’s words on the subject that are unacceptable, and utterly so. Unless they are decoys or time-buyers as he plots a strike or conveys serious threats to strike through back-channels. . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian Carl Trueman offers a useful corrective to the evangelical elites overemphasis on urban areas : One thing Paul and I did discuss was the current nonsense about cities being special which so dominates the popular evangelical imagination. Not that cities are not important: as areas where . . . . Continue Reading »
I have seen this story reported, but didn’t mention it here until further developments. But now there might be a Congressional investigation, so the time has come to bring it up. A company founded to sell carbon credits—what a racket!—is being accused of forcefully . . . . Continue Reading »
Child Sexual Abuse and the Supreme Court Public Discourse , Carson Holloway Broadcaster firing tests religious freedom, free speech National Post , Charles Lewis Benetton pulls ad featuring doctored photo of pope kissing imam CNN , Dan Gilgoff Catholic Church smooths way for disaffected . . . . Continue Reading »
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