Fossil evidence has been found that the earliest humans cared for rather than abandoned or killed their disabled young. From the story : The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately abandoned or . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend, the North Dakota poet Tim Murphy, is safe—though the Red River flood drove him down to South Dakota to find a place to stay till the waters go down. He recently sent me this note about his drive south: I am a severe student of the prairie, and much of my life I have driven to . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Novak’s daily article today raises some fascinating moral and economic issues. In arguing that providing certain benefits (but not cash) to induce people to donate their organs, Novak is moving towards the view, commonly accepted by law-and-economics scholars (see the entries on . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, fearing the complete annihilation of the self is just plain silly . . . . . Continue Reading »
The last of the “UCC Firsts”—highlights in the history of the United Church of Christ dating from 1620—listed at the church’s web site is from 1995, fourteen years ago, marking publication of the New Century Hymnal . Nothing much apparently has happened since, except for . . . . Continue Reading »
The new breakthrough could eventually help sufferers of muscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy. And, once again, embryonic stem cells were not necessary. . . . . Continue Reading »
An old man said, “Even if someone sins in some way in your presence, do not judge him but consider yourself more of a sinner than he is, for you have seen the sin but you have not seen the repentance.” — Becoming Fire: Through the Year With the Desert Fathers and Mothers . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is “Terri’s Day.” It is the fourth anniversary of the end of Terri Schiavo’s ordeal of death by dehydration. This cruel end was not a necessary death. It was forced upon her by judicial fiat even though she was not terminally ill, did not require a respirator or kidney . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is “Terri’s Day.” It is the fourth anniversary of the end of Terri Schiavo’s ordeal of death by dehydration. This cruel end was not a necessary death. It was forced upon her by judicial fiat even though she was not terminally ill, did not require a respirator or kidney . . . . Continue Reading »
The passage Ryan quotes below from the article by Nathan Schneider represents my views and my words quite accurately. However, the juxtaposition of my statement about certain approaches being “stupid” and a reference to a book by Wiker and Witt [ A Meaningful World: How the Arts And . . . . Continue Reading »
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