Hollywood loves euthanasia/assisted suicide, generally presenting the issue in a positive light, perhaps most notoriously in Clint Eastwood’s “better dead than disabled” Oscar winner, Million Dollar Baby . But last night’s Medium was an exception to the rule. It . . . . Continue Reading »
Credit where credit is due: The NYT presented a fair story —complete with personal profiles—of the most provocative segment of the pro life movement; the in-your-face street protesters. Even their overt Christian motivations were treated respectfully. This is a remarkable media moment, . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, the New York Times printed a fair, even sympathetic, story about pro life street protestors—profiling three of them. From the story, byline Damien Cave:Action means many things to abortion opponents. Lobbyists and fund-raisers fight for the cause in marble hallways; . . . . Continue Reading »
The BBC , of all media outlets, has broken ranks on the global warming hysteria, with a fair and balanced report about some of the reasons why we have seen no warming in ten years, despite computer projections to the contrary. Global cooling, anyone? . . . . Continue Reading »
This should really cause concern among the Al Gore acolytes: The BBC, of all media outlets, has noticed that global warming isn’t, well, warming. From the story:This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 . . . . Continue Reading »
Hollywood loves assisted suicide and euthanasia. Not just as a plot device, but to promote through its various products as a modern, caring, compassionate, and proper policy for society to accept. Perhaps the most notable example was the Clint Eastwood movie Million Dollar Baby, that carried a . . . . Continue Reading »
Long time readers of SHS know that I am concerned about the the publication of supposedly objective scientific papers that are actually advocacy pieces intended to promote ideological or political agendas. This corrupts science, in my view, because it takes it out of the realm of searching for truth . . . . Continue Reading »
According to Lisa Schiffrin at NRO : Some people have noted that Barack Obama has not actually achieved peace, anywhere, or diminution of hostilities, or the destruction of even one nuclear weapon, (or even any of his domestic agenda). But, as the Nobel Committee announced, this award is about a . . . . Continue Reading »
Asia Times’ premiere South Asia correspondent M.K. Bhadrakumar has the best analysis of Afghan developments that I have seen recently. The key to solving the problem is to get India involved. Pakistan, understandably, does not like this, which is not surprising, because Pakistan’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Rabbi David Novak, a founding board member of this magazine’s parent foundation, has a fine essay on the Public Square blog today. I added the following comment in response to some of the other kibitzers:I was heartened by Rabbi Novak’s spirited defense of Judaism.He is entirely correct . . . . Continue Reading »
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