I have never understood the big fuss over circumcision. Some compare it to female genital mutilation. But that’s completely wrong because unlike circumcision, it is meant to prevent women from experiencing sexual pleasure and is implemented as a method of control. Circumcision is a . . . . Continue Reading »
If you enjoyed Sally Thomas’ essay On the Square today, don’t miss her daily musings at our blog Icons & Curiosities . . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Washington Post : A Gallup poll found for the first time that a majority of Americans identify themselves as pro-life. A May survey, just released, asked the question: With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life? In 1995, 33 percent of . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America decided to allow gays in “life-long, monogamous” relationships to serve as clergy and professional lay leaders in the church. The question left unanswered, however, was, “Whose definition of monogamy would be used?” One of . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I noted that having former Senator Tom Daschle close to the White House’s health care reform effort was no way to assuage wary voters about rationing. Today, the NYT has a front page story on his influence on the issue both at the White House and in Congress. Is SHS on . . . . Continue Reading »
The Feds are apparently planning a mass inoculation drive to vaccinate people against the Swine Flu. From the story:Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope — and in the potential for . . . . Continue Reading »
Please don’t think I’m a Strauss-obsessed geek. I just thought you’d like to read the latest version of my talk for the American Political Science Association meeting to be held in Canada. In his essay on Kurt Riezler, Strauss writes “If we are permitted to say that . . . . Continue Reading »
Not a good way to fight the “death panel” charge: A column in the Wall Street Journal discloses that the Obama Administration has quietly reinstated an end of life counseling pamphlet that the Bush Administration had stopped distributing. Apparently it pushes voluntary plug . . . . Continue Reading »
It all depends what the meaning of “is,” is.Is Jesus the Messiah now? Bloody unlikely. Whether your political rogue du jour is Obama or Palin, politicians lie, the elderly and sick die (panels or no panels), wars arise and end with predictable pace; how long does this ellipsis have . . . . Continue Reading »
Former Senator Tom Daschle was supposed to be our Secretary of Health and Human Services. But then, it turned out he had not paid all his taxes, and so he remains a private citizen, or better stated, an influential private citizen who still has President Obama’s ear on health care. . . . . Continue Reading »
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