WaPo follows the Times

by Ryan T. Anderson

Not wanting to be outdone by the Times , the Washington Post followed their lead in denuncing the Pope today , all in the name of science . . . . . Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2009 0

One Cheer for Jim Wallis

by Keith Pavlischek

Jim Wallis: “Making Abortion Provision Part of Healthcare Reform Will Kill Healthcare Reform” You read that right. Jim Wallis has announced in a public interview: Making abortion provisions part of healthcare reform will kill healthcare reform . . . There are a number of people who . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

African Wife-Beaters Urged to Practice “Safe-Sox”

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

The Association of Compassionate Christian Caregivers today severely criticized traditional Catholic teaching on marital “love” and called upon the churches to encourage wife-beating Africans to take the “prudent, practical steps” to reduce the risk of HIV infection when . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

Jan in a Pan

by Russell E. Saltzman

Jan in a Pan is the street-smart title of a 1959 black and white B-grade, science fiction/horror film (released in 1962). I happened to watch it a few nights ago, utterly fascinated by the issues it raised. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (the actual but only marginally more serious title) stars . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

Promoting Fetal Farming at the Huffington Post

by Wesley J. Smith

I wasn’t going to run with this because bioethicist Jacob M. Appel seems to be following the same business model to career success as Julian Savulescu and others: stake out the most wild and radical positions conceivable and you are sure to get attention—and perhaps big speaking . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

SHS as Source for Anti Human Exceptionalism Column Ideas? Fetal Farming Pushed in Huffington Post

by Wesley J. Smith

I wasn’t going to run with this because bioethicist Jacob M. Appel seems to be following the same business model to career success as Julian Savulescu and others: stake out the most wild and radical positions conceivable and you are sure to get attention—and perhaps big speaking . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

Where Do They Stand?

by Keith Pavlischek

In my previous post, “Dueling Petitions at the American Philosophical Association” , I called attention to a controversy in which several Christian colleges and their philosophy faculties are accused of unjustly discriminating against practicing homosexuals in violation of the rules of . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

Irresponsibility in Reporting of Natasha Richardson Tragedy

by Wesley J. Smith

I have been very unhappy about the lurid headlines in the New York Post and elsewhere about the gravely injured Natasha Richardson being “brain dead.” That is not only insensitive to her devastated family, but the term is thrown around all too loosely.Brain death is a popular term for . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

And Yet Still More Bad Management at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

by Wesley J. Smith

The CIRM, which doles out $300 million of borrowed money on Californians’ credit card each year, has been a disaster from the start. We have seen mismanagement, conflicts of interest, hundreds of millions paid to buy the most expensive buildings designed by the most costly architects, etc., . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0

Drunken Mayhem Mars St. Patrick’s in Ireland

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Oh , the innocence of youth: Cars torched, firefighters attacked, police bombarded and neighbors terrified: It was another fine St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, where inebriated mobs annually turn districts of Dublin and Belfast into a nightmare. Authorities were counting the cost Wednesday from . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2009 0