The in-the-tank media is huffing and puffing, trying to make something important out of an entirely predictable recommendation by the Royal Society of Canada commission to legalize euthanasia. But commissions can be created to obtain a specific result, as this one was and did.In . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column, George Weigel remembers trade union activist Bill Doherty : Bill Doherty was one of the great Catholic laymen of twentieth-century America. A bear of a man who had been a defensive lineman at Catholic University during his student days, Bill dedicated his . . . . Continue Reading »
What a debacle is our non beloved Obamacare, what an awful mess. Now, we find that the law does not provide for premium subsidies if the states do not set up insurance exchanges. From a Wall Street Journal column by Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon: The . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a new report by the CDC , fewer kids today are engaging in sexual intercourse during their teenage years than they were just a decade ago. This finding will likely shock Hollywood producers, comprehensive sex ed advocates, and others who think teenagers are mindless bundles of hormones . . . . Continue Reading »
In Georgia, Some Vote To Stay Dry On Sundays New York Times, Robbie Brown Faithful Struggle With Scandal At Penn State, Where Football Is Religion Newsweek, Jacob Bernstein Protest and Reason Public Discourse , R.J. Snell Why China Won’t Listen New York Times , Chen Min The Bible . . . . Continue Reading »
Those who convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism are said to “swim the Tiber” while those going in the other direction “swim the Thames.” So what do Catholics do when they become Southern Baptists? Swim the Cumberland?* If so, the Tennessee river must be getting . . . . Continue Reading »
Since the 2008 election, Henry Olsen has been one of the most astute observers of electoral trends. Olsen made the point that if Republicans do not substantially improve their share of the votes among nonwhites, they are going to have to win landslides among white voters. As far as . . . . Continue Reading »
In the late 1920s, T. E. Lawrence contemplated writing a biography of Sir Roger Casement, with whom he had much in common — both were famous for speaking out on behalf of dark-skinned men treated badly by empires, and for having sex with them. Casement’s career was extraordinary even . . . . Continue Reading »
Over the past couple of years I’ve been quick to denounce modern art that is overpriced , ready-made , non-visible , or simply by Thomas Kinkade . What I haven’t done (at all, now that I think about it) is highlight contemporary art that is worthy of praise. In a modest attempt at . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1989 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was subsequently signed by representatives of 140 countries and ratified or accepted by 193, with the notable exceptions of Somalia and the United States. This was not the first time that . . . . Continue Reading »
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