A fear of many who protest the opening of this clinic is that doctors there will fertilize myriad eggs and discard the “extras” and the abnormal as if they were no more meaningful than a dish of caviar. But this fear seems largely unwarranted. —Comment made by columnist Ellen Goodman . . . . Continue Reading »
There is darkness and then there is a night sky filled with stars. The first is hellish despair, but the second is a chance to look up toward the lights of Heaven.Advent allows us to follow a Holy Star toward Bethlehem where we will find the light of the World, the Son of God. One woman is part of . . . . Continue Reading »
Saturday I had the chance to hear Mitt Romney speak without notes or teleprompter. He took questions from the audience.I realized how low my standards had become for politicians. Romney was amazing. He gave complete answers, used historical references for his points from memory, and showed a sense . . . . Continue Reading »
Hypocrisy, thy name is global warming hysteric: Al Gore with his four houses and huge appetite for electricity, “green” movie stars with their limos (Ed Begley excepted), etc. Don’t expect the NYT and other American MSM to report this story, but the Telegraph nailed the hypocrisy . . . . Continue Reading »
My pal Steven Hayward (of the American Enterprise Institute) has a funny—and telling—blog entry over at The Corner. Apparently Michael Schlesinger of the University of Illinois, one of the big global warming scientists, is mad at a NY Times reporter for reporting that Copenhagen . . . . Continue Reading »
Ecumenical dialogue is important. One problem in discussions between Christians has been the failure to recognize that each group quotes different Biblical authors. We all know that Paul is a Protestant, for example, but few recognize that Paul himself can be divided between early Paul . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of my favourite hymns are Advent hymns. No, not the Christmas songs that fill the malls and airwaves around this time of year, but the Advent hymns that fill us with a sense of expectation at both comings of the Messiah. One of the very best has to be Saviour of the Nations, Come. The Latin . . . . Continue Reading »
At Christmas, we think –- we, Americans who say we are Christians –- we deserve a break from the things we do every day. We deserve a rest. We deserve to sleep on the sofa, and to have a big meal, and then to sleep on the sofa again, and watch a parade or some football, or whatever it is . . . . Continue Reading »
Bioethicist Art Caplan has weighed in against my Weekly Standard column. But he misses, or at least, fails to address, the primary point of the column. From his blog:Wesley Smith has a new column out, in which he inappropriately uses the case in Belgium of Rom Houben to argue that . . . . Continue Reading »
So my friend Carl Scott has this very interesting reaction to the report that some Democrats are seriously considering an organized opposition to funding the surge in Afghanistan: “My initial reaction to that report was repugnance, but having thought a bit more, and about how uneasy . . . . Continue Reading »
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