Irena’s Vow is a striking contrast to the gilded nihilism and glitzy escapism that marks much of Broadway. “I hung a sign on my heart and nerves,” says Irena ( Tovah Feldshuh ), looking back over her young adulthood. “Do not disturb.” It is easy to see why. For the memories . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been warning this was coming, that the assurances from “the scientists” that eggs would not be commodified for cloning were false. New York State is going to permit would-be human cloners up to $10,000 to conduct human cloning as part of its $600 million taxpayer funded . . . . Continue Reading »
“Stop telling us what to do.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Ah, the glories of sexual liberation: On television, the Italian penchant for adorning soundstages with skimpily clad, surgically enhanced showgirls has radically metastasized, spilling over from game shows to all forms of entertainment, including the nightly news . . . . The notion of women as . . . . Continue Reading »
Every time you turn around, scientists discover new and ethical sources of stem cells—now from fallopian tubes removed during hysterectomies. From the story:Discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a good source of donor stem cells, say researchers. Work shows . . . . Continue Reading »
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, a posthumous but vivid presence at this publication through his friendship with Fr. Richard Neuhaus, once was importuned by a congregant who complained that the service did not seem relevant to her. The point, he thundered back, is rather for you to be relevant to the . . . . Continue Reading »
From our friends at Grassroots Films comes some good news. First, their full-length documentary, The Human Experience , currently in pre-screenings, has continued to garner international accolades and compelling testimonies. Among the recent honors are the Award of Excellence from the Indie Film . . . . Continue Reading »
The Summer 2009 issue of The New Atlantis is now hot off the press and I have a article entitled “Technocracy and Populism” among the mix. The New Atlantis really is one of my favortite journals, always has lots of interesting and cutting edge studies exploring the . . . . Continue Reading »
Doctors everywhere should emulate the vast majority of physicians in Oregon, Washington, and now Montana, who refuse to participate or be complicit in assisted suicide. A woman with cancer who wanted to kill herself in Montana has died of her disease. From the story:A Missoula woman, unable to . . . . Continue Reading »
As I approach my 60th, not funny:Har de har, . . . . Continue Reading »
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