After raiding a Maryland abortion clinic, government officials discover jars of dead fetuses : Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month. The state Board of Physicians ordered Dr. Steven Brigham . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve now had the chance to finish Lott’s book about William F. Buckley. He wrote the book as part of the Christian Encounters series for Thomas Nelson. The book is a quick read and is absolutely packed with interesting information about WFB. I say that as a person . . . . Continue Reading »
September 10 is Worldwide Suicide Prevention Day. Good. But, I fear not very effective.The well meaning people behind WSPD have missed-or were afraid of the controversy that would be caused by tackling—the proverbial elephant in the living room. You see, many high profile . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Since its a holiday—and because I can’t find much else to write about—I thought I’d post another thought experiment.] In his collection of thought experiments, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten , philosopher Julian Baggini includes the following excerpt from Douglas Adam’s sci-fi . . . . Continue Reading »
“Mary Immaculate precedes all others, including obviously Peter himself and the Apostles.” - John Paul II, Mulieris Dignitatem “Thou goest to a woman? Do not forget thy whip!” - Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra . . . . Continue Reading »
Stem cell bioethicists apparently have claimed that IPSCs—skin or other cells reprogrammed to be stem cells—“are as morally fraught” as ESCR—stem cells taken from destroying human embryos. Baloney. ESCR is, by the very way the cells are derived and . . . . Continue Reading »
I am all for the revival of the humanities in our universities, but The Globe and Mail’s John Allemang may be expecting too much: Can the liberal arts cure jihadists? If not, they might at least persuade moderate terrorists to settle for incremental . . . . Continue Reading »
The pro assisted suicide group Compassion and Choices, along with a compliant media, continues to romanticize self destruction as an answer to the problem of human suffering. Latest example: In Montana, a man murdered his wife, who had cerebral palsy, set his house on fire, and then, shot . . . . Continue Reading »
The Thomas Nelson company sent me AmSpec alumnus Jeremy Lott’sWilliam F. Buckley. I will write a full review later, but I have just begun the book and can already tell that Lott is going to bring attention to some underappreciated territory.His hook is that Bill Buckley was more or less . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The Bookshelf as Memory Theater What concerns me about the literary apocalypse that everybody now expects—the at least partial elimination of paper books in favor of digital alternatives—is not chiefly the books themselves, but the bookshelf. My fear is for the eclectic, personal . . . . Continue Reading »
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