Eating meat is as natural to human beings as walking upright. Evolutionary theory has found a good reason why: It made our brains bigger allowing us to become, to quote myself, exceptional. From the story:Our earliest ancestors ate their food raw — fruit, leaves, maybe some nuts. . . . . Continue Reading »
The USA has abdicated good ethics by allowing IVF to go virtually unregulated. The consequences are profound and growing. Rather than being a medical treatment for otherwise infertile married couples, IVF has become a lifestyle enhancer permitting parents to shop for the child they want like . . . . Continue Reading »
My friend Gregory Laughlin sends a thought on the controversy over the Islamic community center being built near the 9/11 site: While all American cherish our rights of free speech and free exercise of religion as guaranteed in the First Amendment, there are some things which just shouldn’t be . . . . Continue Reading »
The USA has abdicated good ethics by allowing IVF to go virtually unregulated. The consequences are profound and growing. Rather than being a medical treatment for otherwise infertile married couples, IVF has become a lifestyle enhancer permitting parents to shop for the child they want like a . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, the very liberal former presidential candidate and head of the Democratic National Committee, says the individual mandatory health insurance purchase mandate is “not essential” to good health care reform and will be repealed or ruled unconstitutional. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. How many books are there in the world? 129,864,880 °°°°°° 2. How a Bach Canon Works °°°°°° 3. John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” Animated °°°°°° 4. Beethoven’s 5th: The Animated Score Click here to get a PDF . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s a little late in the day to remember this, but today is the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The Catholic Herald has commemorated the day with the remarkable story of eight Jesuit priests who survived the atomic blast although they were less than a mile from the detonation . . . . Continue Reading »
Kenya’s constitutional referendum has been, for the past several months, the source of some controversy in the United States with suggestions that the United States has taken a heavy hand in advocating for its approval. It would seem that the reported $23 million spent by the U.S. Agency for . . . . Continue Reading »
I have discussed the legal controversy in Washington in which the state seeks to force dissenting pharmacies to fill prescriptions against which they have a moral objection. Most objections involve contraception and abortifacient drugs. But the issue could also apply to lethal prescriptions . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Francis Martin has suffered a heart attack, and is presently in intensive care in Copehhagen, Denmark. A long time proponent of biblical interpretation informed by the wisdom of the church’s great tradition of doctrine, Fr. Martin has been an important voice in contempoary . . . . Continue Reading »
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