David P. Gushee, distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University and president of Evangelicals for Human Rights has taken to the pages of USA Today to confess—well, sort of—that things haven’t turned out exactly as he had hoped with President . . . . Continue Reading »
TO: Jimmy “Big Ears” Parker, Cellblock B, Unit 9 FROM: Bernard L. Madoff High Security Investments LLC DATE: March 13, 2009 Dear Big Ears: First I’d like to thank you for the sum you have placed with Bernard L. Madoff High Security Investments LLC and welcome you to our family of . . . . Continue Reading »
And if you decide to sing ” St. Patrick’s Breastplate ,” don’t forget to include the verses most hymnals omit: Against the demon snares of sin, The vice that gives temptation force, The natural lusts that war within, The hostile men that mar my course; Or few or many, far or . . . . Continue Reading »
In Japan , a new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (94.6 pounds) to make a debut at a fashion show. But it still hasn’t cleared safety standards required to share the catwalk with human models. Developers at the National . . . . Continue Reading »
Sing “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” ! Pluck a shamrock ! Keep the feast ! . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a follow up report about an urgent futile care threat we warned against twice last week at SHS (here and here): After being caught flat footed with the passage of S. 1114 through the Idaho Senate—a bill that would, in part, legalize futile care theory in Idaho and specifically . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassion and Choices, the assisted suicide advocacy group, has admitted to undermining proper hospice care. That’s not how they put it, of course. It brags that nearly 100% of Oregon assisted suicides last year—88% with which their representatives were involved—were in hospice. . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassion and Choices, the assisted suicide advocacy group, has admitted to undermining proper hospice care. That’s not how they put it, of course. Instead, the group brags that nearly 100% of Oregon assisted assisted suicides last year— 88% with which their representatives were . . . . Continue Reading »
What is it with animal rights activists and nudity? Spanish liberationists have gone naked to protest a Canadian seal hunt. From the story: Around 100 people stripped naked and lay on the ground in a central Madrid square on Sunday as part of an international day of protest against Canada’s . . . . Continue Reading »
I could almost shed a tear. . . . . Continue Reading »
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