Last week, Pat Robertson told his viewers that he believes Alzheimer’s disease to be a “kind of death,” a basis for the un-afflicted spouse to seek divorce and move on with their life—so long as they act mercifully and provide a means for care of that spouse. This view . . . . Continue Reading »
Locke, Metaphysics, and the Challenge of America Public Discourse , Greg Forster Evangelicals learn to (heart) New York Terry Mattingly A Knack for Bashing Orthodoxy New York Times , Michael Powell France’s Burqa Ban: Women Are Effectively Under House Arrest The Guardian , Angelique Chrisafis . . . . Continue Reading »
My response to Sam Gregg on “Locke, Metaphysics and the Challenge of America” is up. What I’d like to stress is that this is not ultimately an argument about John Locke. It’s an argument about the deep methodological questions involved in critiquing a society from a . . . . Continue Reading »
David Gibson has written a provocative column for the Wall Street Journal ( linked at Mirror of Justice) in which he examines the distinction between “cradle” Catholics and those who convert to the faith. He raises the question of whether converts make for ‘better’ Catholics, . . . . Continue Reading »
Look at the polls . Despite the unpopularity of his policies and the perception that we’re going in the wrong direction, the president’s approval rating is not terrible. The election today would be close, with Perry losing narrowly and Romney probably winning. But the results in the key . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote about this once before, but I think it is important enough to repeat. In what I think is a material threat to the science sector, scientists are on trial in Italy because they failed to accurately predict a deadly earthquake. From the Daily Telegraph story:The trial - due to . . . . Continue Reading »
Bachmann’s support is collapsing in the latest national poll. She is well behind not only Romney and Perry but even below Ron Paul. She is in fact down there with no hopers Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. This is great news for Rick Perry. His nightmare . . . . Continue Reading »
We often hear from doctor-prescribed death advocates that assisted suicide legalization improves palliative care. It’s not true. Increased attention to the issue, e.g. hospice and public and professional education programs do. Indeed, about a decade ago, Rhode Island outlawed . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Robert has written an interesting piece for The Brussels Journal in which he describes how the nations of the Global South have become the nascent heart of a new Christendom: “In short, the Global South does not care whether Westerns deny that a particular practice is Christian. . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Emerson argues that rationalizing away the repugnance of abortion hastens society’s decline : In high school, I had to read Brave New World and other literature that portrayed a future filled with the results of fundamentalist science. Whether Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark or . . . . Continue Reading »
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