Ever since the animal rights movement came onto my radar, I have urged its leaders to condemn the terrorists within their midst. With the exception of Gary Francione and a few others, the silence among most leadership—particularly from the PETA folk—not to mention the rank and file, has . . . . Continue Reading »
There is David Goldman’s blog on Benedict XVI’s “Williamson incident,” and there is the web article for today by Fr. Oakes, who refers to it as well. All of which prompted me—as it should prompt you—to look up the text Pope Benedict wrote on the whole thing March . . . . Continue Reading »
The drive to create moral equivalencies between human beings and animals continues. In California, a bill has been introduced that could treat leaving the scene of an accident involving a car and an animal, the same as a hit and run involving a human being. From AB 1224, authored by Assemblyman Mike . . . . Continue Reading »
“This was not just another meeting,” the Jerusalem Post today quotes Haifa Chief Rabbi She’ar-Yashuv Cohen after yesterday’s meeting between Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican with a delegation from the Israeli rabbinate. “This was a special experience, a turning . . . . Continue Reading »
And now, finally, some uplifting baseball news : This week, the Kingdom of the Netherlands defeated the Republic of Baseball. Not once, but twice. Tuesday night, in extra innings and three days after their first improbable victory, the Dutch bounced the Dominicans out of the World Baseball Classic, . . . . Continue Reading »
Slopes don’t get much slipperier . . . . . Continue Reading »
Not too surprising : A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test. ? Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the . . . . Continue Reading »
It wasn’t bad enough that President Obama stealthily removed a pro science/pro ethics pluripotent Bush stem cell policy, pretending that he was fighting the forces of anti-science. Now Melody Barnes, the president’s domestic policy adviser, has written an article extolling the . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been mouthing off at President Obama’s stem cell actions all week, particularly with regard to his silent evisceration of the “alternative methods” federal funding requirement. Toward that end, I did what I do when steam is coming out my ears; wrote a piece for the Daily . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh bother. No wonder pro-lifers sometimes feel uncertain about the Republican Party’s commitment to opposing abortion. Here’s Party Chairman Michael Steele in an interview with GQ: How much of your pro-life stance, for you, is informed not just by your Catholic faith but by the fact . . . . Continue Reading »
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