This summer has been one of profitable reading for me. Among the many books I have read are two that are particularly outstanding. Their virtue lies in the skillful, informed, and clear way they dismantle the case for unbelief made by a small cluster of writers that has come to be known as ” . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a chance—just a chance, because I don’t think the leaders of Congress or the President care much what the people think—that the current Obamacare plans can be defeated. The key is the independent voters. The new Rasmussen Poll shows they are turning against Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »
The American media is uninterested in fuly reporting the assisted suicide story, particularly the problems that have occurred in Oregon. But with the issue hotly debated now in the UK, the Daily Mail has a long story illustrating the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide. Since our own . . . . Continue Reading »
The American media are utterly uninterested in the many problems that have been reliably reported with Oregon assisted suicide. Instead, they take the facile “statistics” published each year by the state at face value—interview some supporters of PAS—and then blithely assure . . . . Continue Reading »
Not good: NHS hospitals are apparently struggling with vermin infestations. From the story:Ants in operating theatres and maternity, cockroaches in x-ray and mice in A&E are some of the 30,000 pest infestations in NHS hospitals over the last four years, figures have revealed.Data released under . . . . Continue Reading »
(HT: Davy Buck on Southern Appeal ) You can find it in either PDF or html form. It is a summary (including very brief commentaries) of parts of HR 3200 . It was, according to the document, “reviewed, revised and adapted on July 29, 2009, by Liberty Counsel from the original . . . . Continue Reading »
At the end of this month, Crossway Books is set to release The End of Secularism . It is authored by Hunter Baker , who is presently Director of Strategic Planning and Associate Provost at Houston Baptist University (HBU), where he teaches in the Department of Government. Hunter was my . . . . Continue Reading »
Hat tip to Francis Beckwith over at First Thoughts: The Washington Post’s Charles Lane analyzes the notorious section 1233 of the House health care reform bill, the part dealing with end of life counseling. From the story:Section 1233, however, addresses compassionate goals in disconcerting . . . . Continue Reading »
This issue has arisen in recent days. Supporters of H.R. 3200 claim that its end of life counseling provision, section 1233 , is merely voluntary for the patient. But a closer look shows that section 1233 includes conditions and financial incentives for physicians and other health care providers . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes it takes days, weeks, or even months for insight into the significance of an obscure text to gestate. And then sometimes it merely takes a serendipitous intersection of disparate sources. In The Star of Redemption, Franz Rosenzweig presented “Christianity” as a worldly . . . . Continue Reading »
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