Safety as Ethics?

by James Poulos

Maybe. On the other (wrung) hand, the concept of safety itself depends on, and derives from, one’s ethics. Oops. Please chime in, “usual cabal of bioconservatives.” . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

August Aphorisms #12

by R. R. Reno

The shortest route to the advantages of wealth is to want what you have. . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

Obamacare: A Pretext for Centralized Government Intrusion Into Personal Privacy

by Wesley J. Smith

The more people read the House Bill—the prime Obamacare vehicle—the worse it gets. Now, in the name of health reform, all of our tax information will be made available to our health overseers. From the CBS story:Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

Human ESCR Trial Stopped Due to Cysts in Animal Studies

by Wesley J. Smith

The much vaunted—and now delayed—human trial for Geron’s ESCR product for acute spinal cord injury was stopped because the treatment caused cysts in animals.  From the story:Animals being tested using Geron Corporation’s treatment for spinal cord injury developed cysts . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

Oh, Those Thin Skinned Bioethicists

by Wesley J. Smith

The Bioethics Establishment are sure a thin skinned lot.  When my book Culture of Death came out, criticizing entirely mainstream views within the the bioethics movement, you should have heard the screaming. One bioethicist even wrote a review in a major bioethical journal asserting that the . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

Yale Cartoons and UN Experts

by Keith Pavlischek

Here’s a letter to the editor of the Washington Post regarding Yale’s cartoon controversy : The Aug. 23 editorial “Self-Muzzled at Yale” criticized Yale University Press for its decision to exclude controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad from a forthcoming book. We . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

A New Kind of Muslim?

by Joe Carter

As Muslims across the world celebrate Ramadan, they’ll be joined in their fast by Brian D. McLaren . McLaren, the controversial godfather of the emergent church movement, says he and a handful of his friends are fasting during the Islamic holy month in order to “come close to our Muslim . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

Law Geek Manna from Heaven

by Stephen Dillard

If you’re a law nerd, you will thoroughly enjoy John P. Elwood’s brilliant and irreverent article, “ What were they thinking?: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2008 ,” which appears in the most recent issue of The Green Bag . Here’s a taste of Elwood’s biting . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

eBaywatch, The Anchoress, and More Church Items ISO . . . You, Maybe?

by Sally Thomas

The Anchoress writes that she has bought, by hook, crook, and little miracle, this beautiful crucifix which I’d featured last week in another eBaywatch. I am beyond delighted that something so beautiful has found such a good home. She’s promised to send me a photograph of it in her . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2009 0

NHS Meltdown: NHS’s “Cruel and Neglectful” Care Standards

by Wesley J. Smith

The pathetic defense of the NHS, mounted recently here and on the other side of the Pond to try and save Obamacare, continues to collapse.  Today, even more bad news came out about the appalling standards of care in the NHS.  From the story:One million NHS patients have been the victims of . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Aug 2009 0