An end-of-life protocol pushed by the UK’s National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) may have resulted in patients being sedated and dehydrated to death before their time, a major story reports today in the Daily Telegraph . This is akin to Sarah Palin’s death panel . . . . Continue Reading »
Pallliative care experts in the UK are charging that terminally ill patients are being intentionally misdiagnosed as being close to death in order to enable doctors to stop treatment and instead dehydrate the patient to death. My contacts in the UK have been warning me about the “Liverpool . . . . Continue Reading »
A mouse experiment may open the door that will change everything. Scientists have created mature eggs from ovarian stem cells, fertilized them, and brought forth baby mice. If this can be applied to human beings, it will open the door to mass human cloning experiments required to . . . . Continue Reading »
More for your “you can’t make this stuff up” files, compliments of the Washington Post article, ” Hamas Objects to Possible Lessons on Holocaust in U.N.-Run Schools in Gaza “: The prospect of United Nations-run schools in the Gaza Strip teaching children about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter has already commented on George’s Will’s “lack of will ” on Afghanistan. On the whole Joe is right: Will’s proposal would amount to nothing less than defeat. But it would be unfair to suggest that Will is simply running up the white flag. As William Kristol . . . . Continue Reading »
This could be a huge development, both scientifically and ethically. A report published in Nature Cell Biology reports that scientists have made mature eggs from ovarian stem cells, and then fertilized the eggs, resulting in live births. From the study (no link, 12 April 2009):The idea that . . . . Continue Reading »
A daily roundup of intriguing items on culture, politics, and religion. Culture » Sign of the Times: In honor of same-sex marriage becoming legal in Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s has renamed its Chubby Hubby ice cream flavor “Hubby Hubby” for the month . » When technology . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday I wrote that in order to advance a religiously informed public philosophy, it was useful to clarify what was meant by a religious belief . In the comments section Barry Addington notedthat the mission of First Things is not to advance a religiously informed public philosophy “if the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic wife of the former British prime minister can be faulted for many things but not usually for lack of candor. Reaffirming her support for contraception, Cherie Blair was quoted recently as saying: I feel if you look at what progress women have made in the world, one of the reasons is . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . prefab. Or a church, either, for that matter. . . . . Continue Reading »
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