Switzerland is Jack Kevorkian as a country, a fact that for some, is becoming an embarrassment. To try and put a modicum of control on the situation—in which non terminally ill Britons as well as people from other countries have flown to Switzerland so they can be brought home in the baggage . . . . Continue Reading »
Worries are being expressed in some quarters that the House health care reform bill would require senior citizens to receive a mandatory “Advance Care Planning Consultation” every five years, the intent being to push seniors into choosing an earlier death as a cost saving measure. But . . . . Continue Reading »
How can doctors support euthanasia in a country in which patients have to wait months, or even years, for urgent testing and medical treatments? But ideology ignores all. Apparently the Quebec College of Physicians intend to support a “limited” license for doctors to kill . . . . Continue Reading »
Check this out. Bidding closes today, so hurry. Al says we can’t tell how good this really is without trying it ourselves; on the other hand, it’s not a Sacred Heart tongue stud. [Rating: 90 out of . . . . Continue Reading »
News has reached us that the great anti-Marxist philosopher and intellectual Leszek Kolakowski has died , in England at the age of eighty-one. A First Things contributor, he will be missed by all us. His essays in First Things include: • Visions of Eternity , and • What Is Left of . . . . Continue Reading »
“The failure of Caritas in Veritate to blend the many hands and voices evident in its composition has probably diminished its impact and encouraged selective reading . . . . Pope Benedict simply tried to do too much . . . . [In one view], what the encyclical gains in potential for further . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been alerted today that a Betsy McCoy claimed on the Fred Thompson radio show that there is a “mandatory counseling” session required for seniors in the House health care reform bill intended to induce them to make health care decisions that would end their lives sooner. As . . . . Continue Reading »
Just found this wonderful blog online, here . The blog’s contents are divided into these categories: Biographical Resources Interviews Collected Articles Creation of Cardinal Dulles Books by Avery Dulles Video / Media Library Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI Articles about Avery Dulles . . . . Continue Reading »
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31367A curious mixture of reportage and religious pronouncement from the Shabelle Media Network, via The Worldwide Religious News (a aggregation service that I heartily recommend):The Islamic administration in Dobley town have ordered the women in the town in Middle . . . . Continue Reading »
This is what passes for news these days? The top feature of CNN around noon was headlined “For Some, Moon Landings Were All a Lie.” . . . . Continue Reading »
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