The latest issue of First Things is now online . Although several articles are available to non-subscribers, the majority of the content will now be accessible only to print or digital subscribers. If you had a login previously, you simply need to enter your information (email address and password) . . . . Continue Reading »
I wish I could say I was surprised. Zurich voters rejected a referendum that would have restricted suicide clinic attendance to the Swiss. From the story:Voters in Zurich have overwhelmingly rejected calls to ban assisted suicide or to outlaw the practice for nonresidents. Zurich’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I agree with the New York Times’ Charles Blow on the need to maintain federal spending support for a program that pays for the drugs that fight HIV. From his column, “H.I.V.S.O.S:”Treatment as prevention. That’s the way scientists describe a striking and . . . . Continue Reading »
The birth dearth has Germany looking for ways to induce its citizens to have more Jungen und Mädchen. Now, the government may soon offer to pay for most of the costs of IVF as an inducement for German men and women to be fruitful and multiply. From the story:Germany is poised to start . . . . Continue Reading »
I have to give a talk at the Madison Center on Princeton on Monday as part of a panel on Locke. Here are some quick thoughts, based on Jim’s fine review in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. . . . . Continue Reading »
An Australian “brain dead” woman (clearly a misnomer, about which more below) was ordered removed from life support only a few weeks after suffering brain injury. But thanks to the efforts of her family, she is now recovering. From the story: A TERRITORIAN has woken from the . . . . Continue Reading »
The fading of the mainline protestant churches over the past two generations has not been limited to the United States. North of the border, in the True North Strong and Free, a similar phenomenon has occurred. Canada’s National Post carries this article in its weekend edition: The split in . . . . Continue Reading »
“Friends of Mine” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-F0i69_8k is a song in which the narrator has an appreciative yet ultimately ambivalent attitude towards marriage, and towards “pairing off” more generally. Officially, that is, judged by the meaning of the lyrics alone, it is a . . . . Continue Reading »
The songs that make up Odyssey and Oracle could be analyzed in two ways. First, we could interpret them as distinct songs only superficially or incidentally linked in lyrical content—and then we’d say a lot more about which of the two Zombie songwriters, Rod Argent or Chris White, penned . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent mouse experiment showed that IPSCs stimulate tissue rejection in mice. From the story:In an unexpected setback to efforts to harness a promising new type of stem cell to treat diseases, researchers reported on Friday that tissues made from those stem cells might be rejected by a . . . . Continue Reading »
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