A reader of my review of The Golden Compass found it “baffling.” I had written that “neither the film nor the book is likely to make any converts to atheism. Just as most children walked away from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with religious convictions unchanged, so will . . . . Continue Reading »
From C.S. Lewis, My Godfather , by Laurence Harwood, out soon from IVP: (1) Turn off the Radio. (2) Read all the good books you can, and avoid nearly all magazines.* (3) Always write (and read) with the ear, not the eye. You shd. hear every sentence you write as if it was being read aloud or . . . . Continue Reading »
A column in the KC Star grouses that the state is funding life sciences research into animal and plant experiments, but not human studies. From the column by Jason Gertzen:The Missouri General Assembly created the trust fund and the grant program a few years ago. It was one of the ways state leaders . . . . Continue Reading »
People like this deserve to be jailed and the key thrown away. The continuing rabid attacks against Huntingdon Life Sciences and any business that deals with the company, has now led these fanatics to threaten to poison the general population. This is an anonymous “communique” from a . . . . Continue Reading »
In the December issue of First Things , Hadley Arkes reflected on the prospects of a Giuliani presidency . His article came under attack from David Frum in National Review . Readers may be interested in reading Arkes’ response here . . . . . Continue Reading »
In the NRO, I credited President Bush’s ESCR funding restrictions for having played a part into the quest to find non-embryonic sources of pluripotent stem cells—cells “the scientists” insisted they needed to fulfill the total promise of regenerative medicine. My thinking is . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems that the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, is a right cut-up . If he were a member of TEC, Bishop Jefferts Schori would no doubt announce that the clerical collar was church property and promptly take him to court—but not before declaring the archbishop’s rabbat officially . . . . Continue Reading »
In his post J. Bottum has drawn attention to what can only be called a poor-sign of the times. Or is that a sign of poor times? . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, my. The blogger Nancykay Shapiro posts photos of the meat counter last week at Balducci’s, an upscale grocery on 8th Avenue and 14th Street here in New York: Ah, yes, that famous kosher spiral-cut ham. . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago we all heard the announcement of a major scientific breakthrough that allowed scientists to create the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells (called induced pluripotent stem cells) but without using or destroying embryos. Joseph Bottum wrote about the implications here , and I . . . . Continue Reading »
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