More English Choral Music

by Nathaniel Peters

The choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge now has recordings of their sung services online for free . English choral music fans, take note. . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2009 0

Football’s Top Non-Existent Rising Stars

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

If you want a good example of how unsubstantiated rumors on the internet can snowball and gain legitimacy, Slate ‘s Brian Phillips tells the story of Masal Bugduv, a fictional soccer player from Moldova, who was able to capture headlines in some of Britain’s most respected publications: . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2009 0

AP: Infant Survives Late Term Abortion—Killed by Staff

by Wesley J. Smith

This is an awful, awful story: The photo at left is of a 22-week prematurely born infant. According to the AP—no pro life outlet—a more developed infant survived a late term abortion in Florida only to be put in a plastic bag and thrown out by a staffer at the abortion clinic. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

Re: Religion is Hard-Wired in the Brain, Scientists Theorize

by Ryan T. Anderson

Mary Rose , one wonders whether scientific theorizing isn’t hard-wired in the brain, too . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

The Continuing Problem of Advocacy Masking as Objective Studies Published in Professional Journals

by Wesley J. Smith

I have written about this before—the phenomenon of political or ideological advocacy masking as objective scientific studies and then published in prestigious medical and other professional journals. (So have others who I admire.) Ironically, in the post I link above, I quoted an article . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

Universal Health Care Meltdown in Japan?

by Wesley J. Smith

Japan’s system of health care boasts of universal coverage and free screenings. But there seems to be trouble brewing in the Land of the Rising Sun exemplified by the tragedy of a patient with serious head injuries dying after he was refused care by 14 hospitals because there was no room for . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

Religion is Hard-Wired in the Brain, Scientists Theorize

by Mary Rose Somarriba

The task of fervent atheists just got harder . But I suppose their work’s cut out for them . . . if religion is hard-wired in the brain, then one just needs to figure out how to tamper with the wires, right? If nothing else, there’s always faith in Progress! . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

RE: Just How Much Is $1.1 Trillion?

by Mary Rose Somarriba

To add to Amanda ‘s list of calculations, $1 trillion is more than $1 million spent per day since Christ’s birth . . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

A Culture of Choice?

by Patrick J. Deneen

Rod Dreher calls attention to an essay by Michael Brendan Dougherty , who asks pointed questions about the failure of the thirty-six year old pro-life movement to make any significant gains against a regime of unrestricted abortion. Dougherty’s essay strikes a long and resonant chord with me: . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0

Just How Much Is $1.1 Trillion?

by Amanda Shaw

It’s 1.1 times ten to the twelfth power, or 1,100,000,000,000. To put that in perspective, the Family Research Council has pulled out a calculator and crunched some numbers . With $1.1 trillion, the grand total so far of Obama’s stimulus plan, we could pave the entire US interstate . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2009 0