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The implantation of multiple embryos during in-vitro fertilization is causing children to be born unhealthy or disabled : As he was about to head across Toronto for a national gathering of reproductive-medicine specialists Wednesday, Dr. John Barrett received a sobering reminder of Canada’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Tomorrow, our friends at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and at Front Porch Republic are co-sponsoring a conference at Mt. St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. “Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating Healthy Communities in a Global Age” will explore the impact of . . . . Continue Reading »

Although I support the death penalty for criminals who are guilty of murder, I respect those who respectfully disagree. However, I’m often irked by the unsupportable claims made by opponents of capital punishment who allow themselves to be willing duped in order to support their . . . . Continue Reading »

Sign of the times of the day: British children filmed in ‘disturbing cage fight’ The video of the bout, which lasted 10 minutes and featured a scantily clad ring girl parading between rounds, was taken of a sold-out ticket-only event at Greenlands Labour Club in Preston, Lancs. At one . . . . Continue Reading »

The death penalty can be pro-life Washington Post , Richard Land When Things Don’t Get Better Wall Street Journal , Ian Marcus Corbin The Lost Girls The Weekly Standard , Jonathan V. Last Single-Sex Education is Assailed in Report New York Times , Tamar Lewin Catholic Bishops Push For . . . . Continue Reading »

From the ” Likely to be an error but still fun to think about ” department: A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert Einstein’s theories. . . . . Continue Reading »

In a recent edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education , Jay Parini argues the case for what many of us already know: G.K. Chesterton was a “major critic, biographer, and deep thinker of sharp wit.” It has been over half a century since Maisie Ward’s major biography of G.K . . . . Continue Reading »

A Strange Review: Higher Ground Strange Herring , Anthony Sacramone U.S. Logs Big Drop in Crime Wall Street Journal , Evan Perez A Papal Homecoming To a Combative Germany New York Times , Nicholas Kulish U.N. May Delay Vote on Palestinian Statehood Application Los Angeles Times , Paul Richter . . . . Continue Reading »

In the October issue of First Things , R.R. Reno examines our culture’s confusion about the purpose of the institution of marriage : Proponents of same-sex marriage frame their cause in terms of civil rights. There are no significant moral or cultural differences between homosexual couples . . . . Continue Reading »

When future historians look back on the strange beliefs held during our era, they’ll chuckle at the thought that so many people believed the mind is identical to the brain. As philosopher Bill Vallicella says , “Few philosophers nowadays would maintain the bald thesis that the mind is . . . . Continue Reading »