The popular apologetics organization, Catholic Answers, is suing the IRS for intimidating churches and other non-profit groups into remaining silent on controversial social issues like abortion and embryonic stem cell research . You can read more about the lawsuit here . . . . . Continue Reading »
I have long said that if you want to see why society is in such trouble, just check out the professional journals. This is particularly true of bioethics, in which many practitioners are growing increasingly radical, solipsistic, and eugenic in their outlook and advocacy.A new article in the Journal . . . . Continue Reading »
Adult stem cells are our natural repair kit. Now, scientists may have found a way to harness this capacity to rebuilt muscle tissue. From the story:Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa have discovered a powerful new way to stimulate muscle . . . . Continue Reading »
The excellent Anchoress reminds me, and everyone else, that Father’s Day is coming, and that monk-roasted coffee makes a terrific gift. But what else? An uninspired gift-giver myself, I’ve often thought that the truly sane approach to Father’s Day would be to wait for some necktie . . . . Continue Reading »
All right, Joe , I’ll bite, though I hesitate to accept a title like “poet-in-residence” for the simple reason that I haven’t actually written much poetry in the last five years. A prosaic turn of mind hasn’t stopped me, however, from thinking about poetry. . . . . Continue Reading »
“I wanna be that dad who knows how to make stuff out of wood,” Burt Farlander says, deciding for the first time what he wants to be when he grows up. It’s a little late for such thoughts, since he’s in his mid-thirties. But he never had much of a reason before now—now that . . . . Continue Reading »
After researching one chapter in Culture of Death and a whole book for A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, I am utterly convinced of the need for animal research in the quest to find treatments for disease and otherwise ameliorate human (and animal) suffering. But that doesn’t mean it is . . . . Continue Reading »
Hmmm. I take Jennifer Bryson’s point, via Nathaniel Peters , that in his speech President Obama used more precise and defensible terms than “the Muslim world.” Yet, by addressing “Muslim communities,” “Muslims around the world,” and “Muslim-majority . . . . Continue Reading »
On May 12, I posted an article entitled, “The Torture Debate Shows Our Vulnerability to Radical Evil.” My conclusion:Nearly two hundred thousand Americans, military and civilian personnel, were exposed to Iraqi terrorist organizations that routinely employed suicide bombings in . . . . Continue Reading »
Sean Curnyn and David Goldman both note the perils of a speech directed to “the Muslim world.” But at Public Discourse, Jennifer S. Bryson , director of the Witherspoon Institute’s Islam and Civil Society Project, notes that despite the characterization of the press, Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
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