An unsurprising report finds that terminally ill people often procrastinate in entering hospice, and as a result, don’t receive the full benefit of this beneficent form of care. From the story:Americans tend to procrastinate when it comes to matters involving death and dying, but a Harvard . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I can’t say I’m suprised. After being one of the most vocal advocates for overturning the ban on federally funded stem-cell research, Scientific American now admits that actual therapies derived from ESCR would still be years away and that adult stem cells might still be more . . . . Continue Reading »
Terry Mattingly at GetReligion reads between the lines of the mainstream coverage to find out. His conclusion? Yes. Maybe. Depends. Update: Steve Waldeman claims that a White House official confirmed to him that Sotomayor is Catholic. . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day I mentioned that a blog called Semicolon was hosting a favorite-hymns survey. As it turns out, the people at PopularHymns.com have already compiled one. Hymns are listed alphabetically; click on any title for words, audio clips, histories and author bios. Guess I know what I’ll . . . . Continue Reading »
So the Italian government has forked over $4 million to buy what it believes to be an original Michelangelo —a 16” wooden image of the crucified Christ. It’s currently on display in Naples, but critics say it’s a phony: “When it comes to this statue, it is like . . . . Continue Reading »
Hollywood loves assisted suicide, with pro PAS themes often featured in some of the most popular television shows and in movies. Now, Al Pacino is going to star as Jack Kevorkian in a HBO movie based on a fawning book by a Kevorkian acolyte. Check out my blog Secondhand Smoke for more details of . . . . Continue Reading »
So why don’t we talk about lanyards? Here, to my left, are some.Yep, lanyards. That’s what those are.Lanyards.Yep. Oh. I see some more over there.Those are lanyards, too.I think they say the same thing the others do, only the letters are closer together. And these don’t seem to . . . . Continue Reading »
The culture of death is being pushed from many quarters, perhaps most harmfully by the purveyors of popular culture.Jack Kevorkian assisted the suicides of at least 130 people—most of whom were not terminally ill and five of whom were not sick according to autopsies—and murdered one. He . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’re looking for a roundup of the latest opinions on the Sotomayor nomination, The Anchoress has you covered . . . . . Continue Reading »
There is nothing these days that can ever be safely considered to be permanently beyond the pale, unthinkable, flat-out undoable—and that apparently includes cutting off healthy limbs of patients with BIID. When I first heard of body integrity identity disorder—BIID—in which . . . . Continue Reading »
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