There has been much talk on Evangel lately about social justice. Here is an upcoming book from Moody Publishers that sounds promising.Humanitarian JesusSocial Justice and the Crossby Ryan DobsonA resurgence of the Social Gospel is energizing many evangelicals, but what does the Bible say about the . . . . Continue Reading »
The warning sirens are blaring, but will we listen? Centralized health care planning doesn’t work. In the UK, the NHS hospitals have an abysmal record on something as basic as hygiene. From the story:A quarter of health trusts failed to meet standards over hospital infections while . . . . Continue Reading »
Roll Call has just reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked all female Democratic members of Congress “to attend a hastily called meeting Wednesday morning.” She hasn’t said what the meeting is about, but presumably it concerns passage of the health-care bill. At a . . . . Continue Reading »
This is very alarming. A survey—published in the New England Journal of Medicine!, not a conservative blog site—found that huge numbers of doctors worry they will be forced—or will want—to leave medicine if Obamacare passes. From the story:Health Reform and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Awl points out this interview with Tina Brown . At about 19:40, Brown asks: “Are we building this new sort of subculture frankly of impoverished, living in garret writers? Because the fact is writers can hardly make a living right now because they dont get paid.” Leon . . . . Continue Reading »
Political junkies rejoice! C-Span now offers free online access to the more than 160,000 hours(!) of television footage. Some policy nerds may be nostalgic for Dee Dee Myers-era White House briefings or Congressional budget reconciliation meetings. But for the rest of us, the archive offers an . . . . Continue Reading »
Regular readers of SHS will recall that I was honored to be asked by the United Nations International School to lecture at a two day bioethics conference it held for about 700 students from all around the world. My theme was the importance of intrinsic human dignity in bioethics.Part of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers moved by the news reported in today’s Rally for Nigeria may want to read the Zenit interview with the Catholic archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama, Co-existence Turned Sour . At one point he explains that despite the persecution, many indigenous Christians are not leaving the north, . . . . Continue Reading »
Newsweek’s new issue is out, featuring more in the magazine’s ongoing love affair with the Obamasthis time a cover about Michelle Obama’s campaign against obesity. But what’s that in the reflection in the apple? A reader suggests its either Karl Marx or one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Among recently planted Protestant churches in Manhattan, Redeemer Presbyterian is by far the fastest growing and best known. Its so new, in fact, that it doesnt have its own worship space yet. While that is under construction (at West 83rd Street and Broadway), the . . . . Continue Reading »