We hear constantly that people diagnosed as being persistently unconscious should be dehydrated to death because they are not “persons,” or are actually “dead”—and so should be available for organ harvesting. We hear that even if the family resists, futile care . . . . Continue Reading »
Literary magazine The Believer asked forensic artist Barbara Anderson to sketch eight literary criminals, working from descriptive details offered by their creators. From the hints left by the novelists, Anderson drew sketches of such characters as Dickens’ Fagin, Nabokov’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The history of medicine is replete with treatments, diagnoses, and procedures that, while well-intended at the time, we now regard with horror as being barbaric and inhumane. When future generations judge our era, one of the areas where they’ll likely be aghast is our treatment of those who . . . . Continue Reading »
There are a number of my friends—hard-working, hard-drinking, adventure-loving men—who would be envious of the New Zealanders who have what they’d consider the greatest job on earth: Whiskey Driller . A team of New Zealanders is preparing to drill in Antarctica in the New Year, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times Online this morning carries my report from the Halifax International Security Forum, sponsored by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Two peculiar charadteristics of the Obama administration’s foreign policy made the event a strange parade. The first is that Obama runs . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a confession to make: Often when I read Christian blogs (including this one) I have absolutely no idea what in the world the people are talking about. No clue. At all.Maybe it’s that despite being an evangelical for over thirty years I still don’t quite comprehend evangelicalese . . . . Continue Reading »
So Joe posted a link to the new Manhattan Declaration which came out late last week, and in the comments it came out that I agree with the morals of the document but think this documents and others like it obscure the Gospel. Collin, my co-blogger here at Evangel, didn’t see what I meant . . . . Continue Reading »
Back to the rationing drawing board:Obamacare rationing panels will be less direct than the crocs’ approach, but often with the same anticipated outcome:A picture really is worth a thousand . . . . Continue Reading »
The current system of medical marijuana distribution is a form of anarchy that is quickly becoming a cover for recreational abuse. Now, to add to the growing disaster, some doctors are writing letters for teenagers to get marijuana for regular consumption as a “treatment” for ADHD. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has made its understandings of the law clear — that somehow homosexual marriage is required by law. You can read the whole document here. The board finds its motivation in the modern feminist movement. In evaluating two . . . . Continue Reading »
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