Post-Kinsey: Is There Anything Normal About Pornography? Public Discourse , Cassandra Hough Egypt’s Christians, attacked by army, may flee country Baptist Press What’s a Good Question? The Scriptorium , Fred Sanders Poker Inc. To Uncle Sam: Shut Up And Deal New York Times , Janet . . . . Continue Reading »
Art Caplan has a good article in the current American Journal of Bioethics about using prisoners as sources of organs. He discusses both whether organ donation and execution should be joined, and whether prisoners should be offered early release in return for a kidney. He says—and . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday was the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Forty-nine years later, many Protestants (like me) still have no idea what our Catholic friends are talking about when they refer to the changes in Catholicism that occurred because of that council. Fortunately, evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I will be debating Ronald Bailey tomorrow night in Mary Lyon Hall at Wheaton College, MASS at 8 p.m. I’m told it’s 40 miles from Boston and 30 miles from Providence. Ron is very entertaining and a great guy. The issue is whether indulging Ron’s desire to live forever will . . . . Continue Reading »
After tonight’s Bloomberg debate it’s pretty clear to me that what Peter had earlier said is indeed true—the Republican nomination field can be boiled down to Romney v. Cain. On the big Charlie Rose round table tonight, Rick Perry—in the few instances he actually said . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I thought Romney killed it. He actually took some heat in this debate, but fended off the questions great. God love him for giving a shout out to Milton Friedman. 2. Perry was awful. His perseverating on energy production made him sound like he only knew about . . . . Continue Reading »
On Saturday, this site ran my “On the Square” essay, ” Anaesthetizing America’s Conscience ,” in which I faulted two university presidents, Fr. John Jenkins of Notre Dame and John Garvey of Catholic University, for a missed opportunity to speak the whole truth to power . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Matt Franck is absolutely right that those of our friends who use the “no religious test” clause of the Constitution to condemn religious bigotry have got it absolutely wrong. There are many evils associated with religious bigotry, but the solution is not to assume that . . . . Continue Reading »
And I will be “live blogging” HERE . Pete, if you’re around, you’re welcome to join in. Call me at 706 766 7137 if you can. It starts at 5. . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief. At about 48 seconds in, the embedded video shows OWS anti-capitalist protest zombie chanters channeling their inner transhumanism:Everything seems to be possible. [Crowd Parrot Chant] You can travel to the moon. [CPC] You can become immortal [CPC] by biogenetics. You . . . . Continue Reading »
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