Ever wonder why print media is sinking beneath the waves? Here’s an example. The Village Voice has laid off my pal Nat Hentoff, who has churned out thoughtful and even prescient columns there for 50 years. From the story:The troubled Village Voice laid off three employees Tuesday, including . . . . Continue Reading »
The next time you are tempted to scoff at folk with disabilities who worry that they many people think their lives are not worth living, remember this story. Two medical technicians from the UK have been arrested for allegedly deciding that the life of a man with disabilities wasn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’ve enjoyed Amy Julia Becker’s Daily Article today , you’ll love her piece from our November issue, ” Babies Perfect and Imperfect .” . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing in the latest First Things  magazine (” Abortion After Obama “), Joseph Bottum worries that federal law may soon require medical schools to provide mandatory abortion training and all hospitals to cooperate with pregnancy terminations. This isn’t . . . . Continue Reading »
It is no secret that the newspaper business is in severe trouble. A big part of the problem is technological: The Internet has destroyed the classified sections, for example, and many younger people no longer read newspapers, causing circulation to decline.But in my view, another huge issue is . . . . Continue Reading »
Over 400 people have been killed by Ugandan Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo since Christmas day, reports Catholic charity group Caritas: The Director of Caritas Dungu-Doruma says that the Ugandan rebels attacked a Christmas Day concert in Faradje City organised by the Catholic church . . . . Continue Reading »
We’ve written multiple times on the coming clash between religious groups that do not recognize the legitimacy of gay marriages or civil unions and gay couples and activists who think they should be forced too. A recent court decision in New Jersey serves as a case in point: The New Jersey . . . . Continue Reading »
It is a given that President Obama will dismantle the funding limitations on ESCR imposed by President Bush. Even though Bush’s plan still resulted in about $160 million in human embryonic stem cell NIH funding, “the scientists” complain that it is his fault the field has not . . . . Continue Reading »
Just as during the Kevorkian saga, some have claimed that the “cure” for “suicide tourism”—in which dying and disabled people fly to Switzerland to be made dead—has been legalization of assisted suicide. And just as in Kevorkian’s day, family members and . . . . Continue Reading »
Congratulations to FT contributor, Gerald Russello, whose book The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk has been named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 by Choice, the leading book review publication. Read Russello’s piece on the occasion of Russell Kirk’s ninetieth anniversary . . . . Continue Reading »