I am sympathetic to the motivation of those who argue that each of us should be presumed by law to want to be an organ donor—increasing the organ supply—but not the method. Known as “presumed consent,” these laws assume silence means consent, making each of us potential . . . . Continue Reading »
There are so many gems of wisdom in William Deresiewicz’s lecture on ” Solitude and Leadership “—delivered to a plebe class at West Point—that it’s difficult to find a single point to excerpt. But his section on introspection and solitude is especially insightful and . . . . Continue Reading »
Two Muslim women defy the (appropriately named) Rapiscan . . . while the other cowards in the British police state continue their cowardly ways: The two women are thought to be the first passengers to refuse to submit to scanning by the machines, which have provoked controversy among human rights . . . . Continue Reading »
Charles Rice, a professor emeritus at Notre Dame Law School, writes a regular column that appears in the Notre Dame student newspaper, The Observer . Recently, Rice submitted a column on the Catholic Church’s teaching regarding homosexuality that was rejected by the paper’s new editor . . . . Continue Reading »
I meet people occasionally who think motion pictures, the product Hollywood makes, is merely entertainment, has nothing to do with education. That’s one of the darndest fool fantasies that is current . . . . Anything that brings you to tears by way of drama does something to the deepest roots . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things junior fellow Kevin Staley-Joyce examines how JFK secularized the Catholic conscience : Perhaps the most cognitively dissonant trend that Kennedy set in motion was his self-styled dualism, a vice of mind now ubiquitous among Catholic politicians. The personal–private gap can . . . . Continue Reading »
NASA has released new images of earth. Stunning. Absolutely. . . . . Continue Reading »
I like Washington Postcolumnist Michael Gerson. He writes movingly today about preventing suicide. From his column:Suicidology is a well-studied academic field. Suicide is most prevalent among the young and the old. It is associated with depression, feelings of hopelessness, substance . . . . Continue Reading »
And then there is Family Radio Worldwide. I don’t know any more about these folks than their web site. But it is disturbing that they will end up doing lots of damage to people’s lives, Christian or otherwise, in this while process.Despite the Lord’s specific that no . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study finds that sedentary, obese rats and mice used in biomedical research are skewing human studies : Failure to recognize that many laboratory animals live unhealthy lives may be leading researchers to misinterpret their findings, potentially misdirecting efforts to develop therapeutic . . . . Continue Reading »
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