Scientists have discovered the process of ALS, aka, Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease. All ALS has now been linked to a problem with a specific protein. Now a new field of research can begin to find treatments to help the affected protein function properly. From . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . contrary to all the rumors and such. Well, we have to appreciate Paul’s decision not to let the speculation drag on. Being endorsed by Pistol Pete just wasn’t enough. Meanwhile, Pataki, Palin, and Giuliani are all rumored to be on the cusp . . . I hope I don’t have to . . . . Continue Reading »
China’s infamous one child policy has resulted in female infanticide, forced abortion, sex selection abortion, forced sterilization, and eugenics—resulting in a terrible and potentially destabilizing imbalance between males and females. But that tyranny is apparently A-OK with our . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’ve been wondering, “What are odd rich libertarians dreaming of nowadays?” you now have an answer: ” seasteading “: Four years ago, a Clarium Capital employee came across a piece Friedman had written about an idea he called “seasteading.” Friedman was . . . . Continue Reading »
From John Piper’s God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself The critical question for our generation—and for every generation—is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of First Things and of this blog are no doubt familiar with Public Discourse , the online journal published by my employer, the Witherspoon Institute . Today PD begins a two-week daily series under the title you see above. As editor Ryan Anderson says, the series looks ahead to . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , R.R. Reno wonders “Does the Tea Party Have a Religion Problem?” Think about it. If you are a liberal of any stripe, then the success of the Tea Party in reshaping the priorities of the Republican Party, and through the Republican Party the debate in . . . . Continue Reading »
Great apes are magnificent animals. They are intelligent. They are closest to us genetically. But they are not us.I bring this up because a professor (of course!) named John C. Matani undercut a perfectly righteous call for us to work harder to protect the world’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The boss around here, R.R. Reno, has a very smart article On the Square this morning: ” Does the Tea Party Have a Religion Problem ?” His criticism of Professors Campbell and Putnam, authors of a recent New York Times op-ed on the Tea Party , is spot on. Except for . . . . Continue Reading »
The language of the Mass will soon be reverting to a richer tone, but it’s a different story over in the field of Biblical studies, where a group of about 200 scholars just published a new translation of the central Christian text. A joint effort of both Protestant and Catholic clergy, the . . . . Continue Reading »
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