In his 1975 book The Painted Word , Tom Wolfe attempted to expose the ludicrous depths to which modern art theory had sunk: The conceptualists liked to propound the following question: suppose the greatest artist in the history of the world, impoverished and unknown at the time, had been sitting at . . . . Continue Reading »
UK scientists are advocating that Parliament create a regulatory body to approve experiments with animals using human DNA. From the story:British scientists say a new expert body should be formed to regulate experiments mixing animal and human DNA to make sure no medical or ethical boundaries . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m a long-term staff member with Campus Crusade for Christ who has believed that it was time for a change in our movement’s name. Last Monday the announcement was made that our U.S. ministries would become “Cru.”For me the change was welcome. Not everyone is likewise . . . . Continue Reading »
So Campus Crusade for Christ has decided to change its name . To Cru. Why? Because it thought the “Crusade” part too off-putting to many it was trying to reach with the gospel. Please note that the change of moniker refers only to its U.S. operations. Apparently folks in the other 190 . . . . Continue Reading »
The Two-Biological-Parent Family and Economic Prosperity: Where to Go From Here , The Public Discourse (William Jeynes) Who Will Lead on Maternal Mortality? , The Catholic Thing (Matthew Hanley) Does the Bible say anything about cremation? , Ligonier Ministries (R.C. Sproul, Jr.) Military ban on . . . . Continue Reading »
Unemployment is terrible, but you know what can be worse (at least for young people)? Having a job that isn’t ” fun and flexible “: Generation Y, or millennials, make up roughly 50 million 18- to 30-year-olds. According to a 2010 Pew Research Center study on social trends, this . . . . Continue Reading »
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has made a name for herself over the years by expressing some very controversial views, like advocating arms sales to Hugo Chavez’s regime in Venezuela. For many, she has richly earned the right to be dismissed. But her widely reported speech last . . . . Continue Reading »
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A study is out worrying that it is more difficult to get a “do not resuscitate” order on a patient’s chart if the decision maker is a surrogate. From the Health Day story:A new study finds that it takes longer to create do-not-resuscitate orders when someone other than the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ilya Shapiro and Caitlyn W. McCarthy, both of the Cato Institute, have a short paper in the John Marshall Law Review on the Citizens United case, addressing in particular the issue of whether corporations should count as “real persons” for First Amendment purposes. Reviewing the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
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