I have a piece up on today’s Daily Standard in which I deconstruct President Obama’s stem cell policy. Not only did he revoke former president Bush’s embryonic stem cell funding restrictions, but he also rescinded Bush’s executive order requiring funding of . . . . Continue Reading »
Oprah Culture, named after the hyper successful daytime television powerhouse Oprah Winfrey, is soap opera in real life—which in the cause of destroying moralism so that nobody feels badly over their various dyfunctions—extols people pushing the envelope of cultural values, those . . . . Continue Reading »
Congratulations are in order for our outstanding managing editor, Mary Rose Rybak, who is in Washington DC today receiving the “Susan B. Anthony List Young Leader Award.” According to Susan B. Anthony List : The awards are presented to a group of young women who embody the pro-life . . . . Continue Reading »
With the economy struggling as it is, it’s no surprise to hear that the market for art is down as well. But one segment of the art scene is actually thriving . Believe it or not, medieval armor is big business: Thanks to shifting tastes and fortunes, armor is again migrating from the foyers . . . . Continue Reading »
This week, after withering pressure from a wide range of critics, Charles W. Freeman Jr. withdrew his name after President Obama nominated him to serve as head of the National Intelligence Council. This opening paragraph in the lead editorial of the Washington Post sums up the problems that lead to . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the Times of London, Philip Delves Broughton lets out a long rant about his fellow Harvard MBA’s: If Robespierre were to ascend from hell and seek out today’s guillotine fodder, he might start with a list of those with three incriminating initials beside their names: MBA. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. John Jay Hughes’ very fine piece at today’s First Things web site, “Proclaiming The Good News,” has many good things to say to preachers. Being one myself, I found much to appreciate in his remarks. What especially struck me though was what I take to be a yet distinctive . . . . Continue Reading »
Trouble is brewing in New York: Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish officials in New York are mounting an intense lobbying effort to block a bill before the State Legislature that would temporarily lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of children. A perennial . . . . Continue Reading »
Those are not the words of the usual religious conservative suspects. They belong to William Saletan , writing in Slate on Obama’s federal funding of embryo-destructive stem cell research. Saletan stands in the middle on embryos, seeing them as early-stage human beings who are not owed the . . . . Continue Reading »
Following up on Sr. Sandra Schneiders’ open hostility toward the upcoming Apostolic Visitation , Lifesite News gets a reaction from Sr. Eva Marie Ackerman, FSMG , U.S. spokesman, for the visit: Sr. Eva Maria Ackerman, told LifeSiteNews.com that the Visitation is intended only as a means of . . . . Continue Reading »
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