This news out of the UK is unexpected and a validation of what some advocates have been saying for years. The Royal College of Psychiatrists—not pro lifers—have determined that women who have abortions are at risk of mental breakdown. From the story:Women may be at risk of mental health . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide group Dignitas has opened it’s killing house next to a brothel. From the story: The Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas, which was evicted from itsflat in Zurich after complaints about bodies in the lift, has opened whatneighbours have labelled a ‘death . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . the results are often unintentionally funny. Here’s Ricky Gervais’ take on God in the most recent issue of Best Life . Look, Gervais the comic actor is a scream. The Office undoubtedly deserved the accolades it garnered (despite one or two errant episodes, in which tastelessness . . . . Continue Reading »
Brave New Britain just keeps getting Braver and Newer: Now there is a serious discussion of putting the DNA of children into a database because they might become future criminals. From the story: Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating . . . . Continue Reading »
Now this is a particularly interesting illustration of the discrimination that the assisted suicide movement would imbed into the law. A man was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in jail for assisting the suicide of his girlfriend. From the story:A man who gave a . . . . Continue Reading »
All I can say is, “Oh, bru—u—ther:” Animal rights activists are claiming that surrounding an elephant named Tai with a huge soap bubble—as an art project—would be “be thoroughly demeaning to Tai.” This comment from Mark Bekoff from the University of . . . . Continue Reading »
A reminder, for those in the Washington area: I’ll be lecturing this Monday, March 17, at Georgetown University. Called “Living with the Dead: Why Cities Need Cemeteries and Nations Need Memorials,” the talk is at 7:00 pm in the ICC auditorium . Cosponsored by the Tocqueville . . . . Continue Reading »
M.Z. Hemingway, journalist/blogger extraordinaire at Get Religion , has written this handy reference tool , now available at Modern Reformation magazine. Yes, atheism is not only old, it’s decrepit, and the only things new in the new atheism are those bar-code thingies on the dust jackets. . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA has always used nudity, for example of Alicia Silverstone, to attract young people—read boys and men—to the cause. But now it has the services of a hard core porn “actress” pushing synthetic leather called “pleather,” with the clear allusion to . . . . Continue Reading »
With more panache than the four in hand tie and less foppery than the ascot, the bow tie stands as the golden mean of distinction in men’s neckwear. I started wearing bow ties in my freshman year of high school, and over the years I’ve encountered many people who were surprised that yes, the . . . . Continue Reading »
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