How many times did President Obama promise that if you liked your current coverage you could keep your current coverage. For example, in July last year, here is what Obama said. From Jake Tapper’s (ABC News) blog:At a rally in Holmdel, New Jersey, today, President Obama continued making . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s take the solemn dress code away from the Goths, the Rosaries away from the gangs, the blood & death fixation away from the scene-kids, the art away from the academics, the Latin away from the Harry Potter geeks, the bi-location away from Siegfried & Roy, the exorcisms away from . . . . Continue Reading »
At the opening Mass of the Catholic Press Association convention last week, held at Immaculate Conception church in New Orleans (the photos don’t do it justice), the cantor and choir of St. Peter Claver offered the music. They sang the hymns and the setting in Gospel music style, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Yesterday Wesley Smith and Gene Fant wrote about the latest controversial remarks by ethicist Peter Singer. Because too few people are aware of how radical and influential Singer is in the field of ethics, I thought it would be worthwhile to shed some light on more of what he believes.] To . . . . Continue Reading »
Even before 9/11 there was little doubt that winning the propaganda war can turn the tide in a real war. This should be kept in mind as we assess the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. An excellent place to start is by reading George Friedman’s Flotillas and the Wars of Public . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Singer blogs at the New York Times about a new book ( Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence, by David Benetar) that apparently advocates human extinction as a way of preventing human suffering. Singer doesn’t agree, but is clearly sympathetic. From . . . . Continue Reading »
I have had several inquiries about the availability of my newest book in Kindle. I promised to report when it was, and I have now kept that promise. Here’s the link. . . . . Continue Reading »
At the New York Times blog, Peter Singer favorably discusses a book that I haven’t read—Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence—that illuminates the profound danger of Singer’s utilitarian philosophy and the growing nihilism among the intellectual . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news. After making a symbolic nod to female genital mutilation—originally discussed here at SHS—and being rightfully blistered for the appeasement of oppression, the American Academy of Pediatrics has retracted. From its press release:The controversy ignited wide . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Singer, the rather notorious Princeton ethicist, published a provocative essay in the New York Times blog “Opinionator” proposing that we should consider making this generation the last of the human species. He pondered what would be wrong with universal . . . . Continue Reading »
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