Thomas Ricks writes in response to my post Thomas Ricks vs. Thomas Aquinas : I’ve just read Keith Pavlischek’s article (http://www.firstthings.com/blog/), and am curious about one thing: How does he think that invading a country pre-emptively on false premises meets Aquinas’ . . . . Continue Reading »
Great news from a behind the scenes source: I have just been told that SB 1114, the bill that would have explicitly legalized futile care theory in Idaho, has died for the year. It almost snuck by, but when opponents learned about it, they mounted an 11th hour campaign to prevent passage. That . . . . Continue Reading »
Oregon’s Health Services Commission has published the list of covered treatments under the state’s rationed Medicaid law. Comfort care is high on the list, and includes assisted suicide. But the overseers of rationed care explicitly state that treatment to extend life if the prognosis . . . . Continue Reading »
Twenty years ago, Notre Dame awarded the Laetare Medal to the great Catholic novelist Walker Percy. In his acceptance speech, which can be seen in full here , Percy said: The motto of the Laetare Medal is, I understand, ’ Magna est veritas et prevalebit ,’ ‘Truth is mighty and . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip Nitscke is the Australian answer to Jack Kevorkian who has spent years as a media darling opining that “troubled teens” should have access to suicide pills, teaching people how to commit suicide, creating the “peaceful pill,” a concoction of everyday products that can . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s what a new government report has found . The city’s mayor, Adrian Fenty, plans to respond to the crisis “by promoting testing for the virus, preventing transmission by providing free condoms and needle exchanges, and doing more for those already living with HIV/Aids.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Visit eppc.org/femininity for more information. Register now to attend. . . . . Continue Reading »
It appears that a public figure who willingly committed and supported acts of violence is not fit to speak at a Catholic university. Ayers, whose actions are certainly deplorable, never intentionally supported the destruction of innocent human life. Needless to say, a public figure who actively . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Neuhaus’ The Naked Public Square is now on Google Books, as are Death on a Friday Afternoon , Catholic Matters , Freedom for Ministry , and The Second One Thousand Years . . . . . Continue Reading »
I thought I would look at a few of the statistics for SHS this evening. I am pleased. In the last 30 days, we have had more than 45,000 visits by some 36,000 distinct visitors. That’s about the size of a good crowd at Dodger Stadium. And the dailies are up a couple of hundred a day over a . . . . Continue Reading »
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