ALS, called Lou Gehrig’s disease in the USA and motor neurone disease in the UK, is the bloody flag often waved by euthanasia activists as a reason to legalize mercy killing. “Of course he wants to die,” they will say. and then some will assert falsely and cruelly that death from . . . . Continue Reading »
This is not a post about the realities—or lack thereof—of man-caused global warming. It is about the rising hubris of “the scientists” who seem to think they are entitled to rule the world.NASA scientist James Hanson has called for the jailing of oil executives for . . . . Continue Reading »
It is tempting to put on my quavering old man voice and say, “In my day, teenagers would never get pregnant on purpose. Heck, in my day teenagers didn’t even have sex.”Laugh if you will, but it was generally true. Most of us necked and petted almost to the point of frenzy, but we . . . . Continue Reading »
A private member’s bill (C-562) has been introduced in the Canadian Parliament. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but our good friend Alex Schadenberg, head of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is on the case. From his blog:• The bill legalizes euthanasia and assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »
The controversy over whether brain dead is really dead may have just heated up with a peer reviewed article in Spinal Cord ((2008) 46, 396-40. (I don’t have a link.)The author, a Greek physician named KG Karakatsanis, concludes that declaration of death by neurological criteria is not reliable . . . . Continue Reading »
You have what almost amounts to death on demand in the Netherlands already with its euthanasia law, and it is still not enough. Now, some Dutch doctors have made detailed instructions for committing suicide available to the general public. From the story in the British Medical Journal (only link is . . . . Continue Reading »
Only in Canada . Al Mohler comments . . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago a composer contacted us, wanting to know if we would be interested in reviewing his setting of the popular children’s book The Runaway Bunny to music à la “Peter and the Wolf.” It turns out that his concerto for violin, reader, and orchestra is . . . . Continue Reading »
Thirteen years in prison, nine years in solitary confinement. Five loaves and two fish. “Stay with us,” prayed the disciples on the road to Emmaus. So he took bread, blessed it, and gave it to them to eat. Yesterday, at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, the . . . . Continue Reading »
After three doctors resigned rather than maintain—and thus, extend—the life of the catastrophically ill Samuel Golubchuk, an unnamed physician has agreed to provide the wanted care. From the story: Three doctors at the city’s Grace Hospital have refused to continue providing care . . . . Continue Reading »
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