You Don’t Say

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Another atheist realizes that Darwinism has the bad habit of turning into just another religion. . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

Assisted Suicide Law Takes Effect in Washington

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

From the Wall Street Journal : The physician-assisted suicide law that goes into effect today in Washington State allows hospitals and doctors to refuse to participate, creating a difficult decision for those who deal with end-of-life care. Voters passed the measure last fall. There are lots of . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

Refusing to Prevent IVF Moral Anarchy

by Wesley J. Smith

In his recent book, Imagining the Future, Yuval Levin succinctly identified the source of so many of our cultural problems today. It was a real “Bingo!” moment for me: Society has ceased to be primarily about promoting virtue. Rather, our primary drive as a culture today is to prevent . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

The Self-Proclaimed Prophethood of Evangelical Believers

by Keith Pavlischek

For years evangelicals such as Ronald Sider, Jim Wallis, and David Gushee have taken upon themselves the mantle of “prophet”—speaking the truth to power and all that. They have made a career of distancing themselves from the “religious right” because, the story goes, . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

In the Dock: Marriage and Democracy

by Amanda Shaw

The debates surrounding Proposition 8—California’s constitutional amendment declaring marriage to be between one man and one woman—will reach a head this morning as the state’s Supreme Court convenes to discuss the proposition’s constitutionality. In short, the . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

William Byrd on Film

by Nathaniel Peters

Thanks to the New Liturgical Movement , I found a beautiful film called Playing Elizabeth’s Tune—The Life of William Byrd . It tells the story of how one of Britain’s greatest composers, a Catholic, kept the favor of Queen Elizabeth in a time of religious upheaval. Narrated in an . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2009 0

“Friar Escape”

by Amanda Shaw

“Friar Escape,” the New York Post headlines read , but anyone familiar with the life and vows of a Franciscan friar—symbolized by the thrice-knotted rope girding a brown robe—reminds each Franciscan friar that his life is not an escape from sacrifice but an active embrace of . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2009 0

Correction: Final Exit Network’s Ted Goodwin Did Not Resign From The World Federation of the Right to Die Societies

by Wesley J. Smith

A few days ago I wrote that Ted Goodwin, one of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, was a mainstream figure in the assisted suicide movement. He certainly is that. But I made an error by writing that he had resigned as vice president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2009 0

Arrest in Thrown Away Baby Who Survived Abortion—Only to Die in Medical Waste Bag

by Wesley J. Smith

Readers of SHS will recall the awful case of the baby who survived a late term abortion only to be—allegedly—put in a medical waste bag and literally thrown away. The abortionist already lost his license in the case, and now there has been an arrest. From the story:An abortion clinic . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2009 0

Intervention and Prevention: The Proper Response to Request for Hastened Death

by Wesley J. Smith

The assisted suicide movement has the media eating out of the palm of its collective hand, by often getting reporters to adopt their lexicon—the euphemistic “aid in dying” as opposed to the accurately descriptive “assisted suicide”—and writing as if suicide were a . . . . Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2009 0