The ongoing pogrom against babies with Down syndrome continues. In Australia, from whence I recently returned, two couples have sued their doctors for failing to diagnose their then unborn babies as having Down—thereby denying them the right to terminate the pregnancies. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Pakistan Christians told to stay silent on Islam , UCA News In the wake of recent blasphemy accusations against Christians, Faisalabad Church leaders have warned Catholics not to discuss Islamic doctrine. “Do not talk about the religion [of the majority]. Our survival depends on this,” . . . . Continue Reading »
Being in New York in the run up to the 2008 presidential election was an interesting experience. All in a day’s walk, I’d pass vendors and happy consumers of Obama paintings, Obama rhinestone T-shirts, even Obama condoms. Sometime in October that year, a friend asked me if I could feel . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, Ross Douthat has a thoughtful column that brings forward data that confirms what everybody knows. In the race for admissions to fancy private colleges and universities it doesn’t help to be a white and relatively poor Jane or Joe “For minority applicants,” Douthat writes, . . . . Continue Reading »
In Ecumenism. The True Story of a War That Never Was , the Italian journalist Sandro Magister reports that “The patriarchs of Moscow and Constantinople threatened a complete break with Rome in 2003. The pretext was Ukraine. But at the Vatican, Kasper and Ratzinger defused the danger.” . . . . Continue Reading »
When President Obama promised not to enforce federal marijuana law in states where medical marijuana laws exist, he violated his oath of office and opened the door to widespread criminality. Now, there may be factory pot farms established in Oakland. From the story:Oakland could approve a plan . . . . Continue Reading »
Today in “On the Square,” R. R. Reno examines the Catholic Church After the Scandals . The secular response to the scandals makes obvious something about the Church’s new situation in Western societies, and therefore the new challenge she faces — a situation and challenge her . . . . Continue Reading »
A woman is pregnant with two babies, due on week apart—and they aren’t twins. That may sound like the setup for a peculiar riddle, but for Angie Cromar, a labor and delivery nurse in Utah , it ain’t no joke: A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies, but they’re not twins. . . . . Continue Reading »
After reading David B. Hart’s essay on baseball, A Perfect Game, in this month’s issue of FIRST THINGS, I soaked up his idyllic metaphors as I entered Target Field last night to see my beloved Twins take on the hapless Cleveland Indians. Beholding the wonder of the green diamond I was . . . . Continue Reading »
So, thanks to PRICELINE, I’m able to spend a few days with my wife in Hilton Head, SC at a reasonable rate. This the largest island in the South, with beautiful beaches and marshes and some Gullah and Civil War history. But basically everything is new and planned (in accord with trendy . . . . Continue Reading »
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