James Hanley has a post regarding abortion arguments over at Positive Liberty that is worth your time to read. It’s not that his position is anything out of the ordinary, but does allow the pro-life community to observe some of the distinctions that mark rational arguments and how they might . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide advocacy organization, Compassion and Choices, clearly opposes the right of medical professionals to refuse to participate—or be complicit in—the intentional taking of human life. This issue is going to be one of the biggest in bioethics in the coming decade, . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Sullivan and I don’t agree on much, but we share a disgust for torture and the abuse of prisoners. I admire this about him and believe he has the potential to be a powerful and influential voice in the defense of human dignity. So it is unfortunate that he undercuts his own credibility . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times Online today has a disturbing report on Iranian efforts to hijack the electoral process in Iraq:The kerfuffle triggered in Iraq by a government panel’s recent disqualification of over 500 candidates from the parliamentary elections in March has engendered a new crisis that threatens . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Examiner reported today, as noted here, that Obamacare is officially dead. Other news outlets have merely said it is is dying, with life support soon to be removed. Whichever it is, the people clearly want to go in a different direction.As an illustration, Gallup has a . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel Pipes posted this evaluation of the State Department’s decision (dictated by Obama) to overrule a longstanding ban on permitting the Islamist academic Tariq Ramadan to enter the US:Jan. 20, 2010 update: From today’s Associated Press:Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton . . . . Continue Reading »
Be sure to check out Hadley Arkes’ comments today On the Square regarding yesterday’s supreme court decision. . . . . Continue Reading »
I have boundless regard for Paul Volcker, but the proposed restrictions on bank proprietary trading are, well, fixing the barn’s roof after the horse has bolted. The Obama administration really,really doesn’t get the joke. The banks went bankrupt by loading up on supposedly ultra-safe, . . . . Continue Reading »
What if I told you the only significant influence the President has on the economy is in selecting the Chairman of the Federal Reserve? While the role of the president in managing the economy is often overstated, most serious voters would rightly dismiss such a narrow claim as absurd. Yet how often . . . . Continue Reading »
In an article in the January issue of First Things , professor Reuven Brenner suggests revising immigration policy to maximize the influx of “the vital few whose contributions to economic growth is disproportionately high.” Jeffrey Mirus, president of CatholicCulture.org , believes this . . . . Continue Reading »
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