The latest in the series, X-Men: First Class covers the same thematic material as its predecessors. The importance of TOLERANCE is stressed, but not in the classical sense of putting up with objectionable practices, nor Jerry Seinfield’s non-judgementalism (“Not that there is . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently I saw the 1943 Ernst Lubitsch film, Heaven Can Wait . In it, a roué dies and winds up being interviewed by a very gentlemanly Satan to see if he qualifies for hell. The roué himself is also a gentleman:, well-mannered and with good taste. The film is a witty, light confection. . . . . Continue Reading »
Is college a scam? John Stossel (B.A., Princeton University) thinks so . But he chooses the wrong examples to make his point: What do Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Mark Cuban have in common? They’re all college dropouts. Richard Branson, Simon Cowell and Peter Jennings have in . . . . Continue Reading »
Awful. I have advocated—to some criticism—that the organ transplant community should make it very clear that organs that become available due to suicide will not be procured. See my reasoning here.Now, in India, a 12-year-old girl killed herself for that very purpose. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on Tablet magazine, my buddy Liel Leibovitz has an intriguing take on the new film, Tree of Life : The movie industry, accustomed to delivering its encomiums loudly and quickly each weekend, was scrambling for superlatives when introducing Terrence Malick’s new film, The Tree of Life. The . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t know of any organization that has done more to focus on the problems associated with reproductive technologies than the The Center for Bioethics and Culture (for which I am a paid consultant). The CBC is now following up the successes of its two previous documentaries (most recently, . . . . Continue Reading »
Peeling The Onion: Review of Unplanned , Altcatholicah (Mary Rose Somarriba) California Passes Gay History Education Proposal , Slate (Peter Fulham) Planned Parenthood’s Lawless Policies , Public Discourse (William Saunders) Modern news seeps into a once-closed Jewish world , Associated Press . . . . Continue Reading »
These pages are generally above following the likes of the Casey Anthony trial, but now that it’s over, I call to your attention a very wise editorial by Alan Dershowitz in today’s Wall Street Journal in which Professor Dershowitz explains why the result in the trial was correct. The . . . . Continue Reading »
In case it isn’t clear: I support wholeheartedly the right of people to refuse life-sustaining treatment for themselves or for their dying children. (Food and fluids present a different issue and I don’t want to go there in this post.) My opposition to what I call Futile Care . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s take a moment away from our usual fare to honor my friend and mentor, Ralph Nader, for the incredible improvements made in auto safety since he jump started the campaign to save lives with his seminal book, Unsafe at Any Speed. Ralph isn’t solely responsible for these . . . . Continue Reading »
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