I have a cover story on the current advances of assisted suicide in the USA in the current National Review . The discuss the “Myth” of Oregon’s supposedly problem free experiment with assisted suicide, the recent legalization of assisted suicide in Washington and Montana, and a . . . . Continue Reading »
As I was regaling you all with our booklists the other week, it occurred to me to ask some of my homeschooling friends for theirs, and then to go looking for more. While I don’t think there’s any such thing as “homeschooling culture,” as a unified entity, what I observe among . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette weighs into the HBO Jack Kevorkian puff biopic today. How do I know it’s puff when I haven’t seen it? It is based on the unpublished book of the same name by Kevorkian acolyte Neal Nichols, who is so enamored of his subject he once allowed K to inject him with . . . . Continue Reading »
So there was a herd of POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVES in Toronto at the American Political Science Association meeting. Sam Goldman shared many charming—yet troubling—details about his growing up in New Jersey, including his membership in a PUNKER THAN THOU band with an edgy name and . . . . Continue Reading »
The reaction to President Obama’s speech to America’s schoolchildren has sparked a bizarre level of concern. Parental outrage over the address seems to be inversely proportional to the actual threat that his banal speech will produce socialist automatons. Perhaps conservative Americans . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest inhumane treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay is so excruciatingly torturous that it would make even Dick Cheney squirm: Detainees are being forced to read Barack Obama’s Dreams of My Father ! Okay, that’s not exactly true. Unlike American schoolchildren, the prisoners are . . . . Continue Reading »
I was asked by the National Review to write a story for the magazine on the recent advances made by the assisted suicide movement. It is the cover story. From the article:The assisted-suicide movement has come a long way in just a couple of decades. Consider, for example, this recent . . . . Continue Reading »
He talks!—and talks, and talks: I was interviewed for the Derek Gilbert podcast recently about Obamacare, health care rationing, the danger of bioethics to the vulnerable, animal rights, and human exceptionalism. If anyone is interested, just hit this link. . . . . Continue Reading »
What makes a holiday a holiday? Or, what makes a holiday worthy of a celebratory logo on the world’s most popular website like Google? This question recently prompted me to talk with Michael Lopez, Google’s lead logo designer, to find an answer. September 19, for instance, is Rosh . . . . Continue Reading »
C-Span2 has a fascinating video interview with George Weigel , Catholic theologian and First Things board member. Weigel is the author of over a dozen books, including Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II . In the revealing interview, Weigel shares his preferred Bible translation . . . . Continue Reading »
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