The CIRM, which doles out $300 million of borrowed money on Californians’ credit card each year, has been a disaster from the start. We have seen mismanagement, conflicts of interest, hundreds of millions paid to buy the most expensive buildings designed by the most costly architects, etc., . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh , the innocence of youth: Cars torched, firefighters attacked, police bombarded and neighbors terrified: It was another fine St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, where inebriated mobs annually turn districts of Dublin and Belfast into a nightmare. Authorities were counting the cost Wednesday from . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s another dyspeptic observation from the inimitable “Diogenes,” posted under “Onward Christian Facilitators”: We sang “Lift High the Cross” at Mass on Sunday. Unless I’m mistaken, the “hosts of God” who once combined in . . . . Continue Reading »
A chaplain working for a hospice in Boca Raton, Florida has quit her job after the care center banned using the words “God” and “Lord” in public: Chaplains still speak freely of the Almighty in private sessions with patients or families but, the Rev. Mirta Signorelli said: . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN expressed confusion this morning on when Administration officials—specifically, Secretary of the Treasury Geithner and President Obama—knew AIG would be paying out bonuses to its failed executives. Geithner says he didn’t know until Tuesday; the president, not until Thursday. . . . . Continue Reading »
Now atheists in Britain are forming “The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies,” a student group that will organize “campaigns and events across the country to protest against religious privilege and promote the understanding of science.” If . . . . Continue Reading »
Sundry blogger and pundit have been raking the Pope over the coals for the past day for his comments on AIDs and condoms. A New York Times editorial this morning summarizes the basic complaint: Pope Benedict XVI has every right to express his opposition to the use of condoms on moral grounds, in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide will be held near Dulles Airport on May 29-30. I’ll be there (although I don’t like the photo in the ad), also Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force . . . . Continue Reading »
The collapse of the NHS is a horror to behold. Now, stories are coming out of what can only be described as appalling conditions in one hospital. From the story:The full extent of the horrific conditions at an NHS hospital where hundreds may have died because of ‘appalling’ care was laid . . . . Continue Reading »
A case in NJ (Betancourt v. Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Docket No. C-12-09), in which the family of a 73-year-old man diagnosed to be in a persistent vegetative state sued a hospital attempting to unilaterally withdraw extensive life support, has been decided by a judge. Properly, the trial . . . . Continue Reading »
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