A dear friend of mine, Pastor Matt Hummel of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church here in Delaware, sent me this in response to my Green Guru posting : “Steve, You missed the most obvious solution to the issue! Cap and trade!” . . . . Continue Reading »
An article in yesterday’s Inside Higher Education discusses a new book by a Notre Dame anthropologist that explores the reasons for widespread plagiarism among today’s college students. In particular, its author recommends a departure from the prevailing system of detection and . . . . Continue Reading »
A San Francisco man named John West has alerted the media—in a book—that he helped his parents commit suicide. From the story: For attorney and author John West, his parents were lifelong sources of comfort, wisdom and pride. But West has been keeping a 10-year-old secret about his . . . . Continue Reading »
Sue Shellenbarger has an fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal today, where she suggests that more and more women want to become mothers sooner: For nearly 40 years, women have been delaying childbirth longer and longer, partly to launch careers. Now, this trend may be ending. For the . . . . Continue Reading »
Can you imagine? A New Jersey man named Jesse Coltrane was communicating on-line with a friend in California when he found out the young man was apparently killing himself. Instead of respecting his friend’s autonomy, he became judgmental and interfered! From the story:During an online . . . . Continue Reading »
In this edition of my podcast What It Means to be Human, I return to Switzerland’s Constitution declaring plant “dignity,” and what that all means according to a government-appointed ethics committee. It takes really big brained people to worry about the “decapitation” . . . . Continue Reading »
Eliot Gertel at Jewish World Review says of the new horror flick, The Unborn : “Wow! [It] manages to disrespect fetuses, little children, teens, and the elderly—not to mention Judaism.” But then, who don’t horror flicks offend? I guess this one’s unique in its offense . . . . Continue Reading »
Chicago cathedral Holy Name caught fire this morning . Although it looks like it’s done great damage to this historic church, we trust the gates of hell will not prevail against it. . . . . Continue Reading »
Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away : Propelled by his strong Christian principles, Millard Fuller used Habitat to develop a system of using donated money and material, and voluntary labor, to build homes for low-income families. The homes are sold without profit and . . . . Continue Reading »
This just in : Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson must “unequivocally” distance himself from his statements before he can be admitted to episcopal office in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Wednesday. It also said that Williamson’s remarks denying that the . . . . Continue Reading »
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