When eerily convenient Prop-8 directories and Google maps were released earlier this winter, accounts of threats and thuggery began accumulating. But how much of this was real intimidation from the left, and how much was the pretense of doom from the right? Writing in the latest issue of the Weekly . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh the virtual humanity. The economy in Second Life—the online world where users, known as avatars, can spend actual money on real estate and clothing— is in turmoil : “I am quite amazed that lots of businesses in Second Life still push for higher prices when so many people in the . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s just one of the findings of the American Religious Identification Survey from Trinity College that was published yesterday: A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage . . . . Continue Reading »
We all know that President Obama rescinded the Bush funding restrictions for ESCR. But that isn’t all he did today. He also rescinded Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007 . The Administration didn’t publicize this part of the President’s nasty work, but the now dead 2007 Bush . . . . Continue Reading »
We all know that President Obama rescinded the Bush funding restrictions for ESCR. But that isn’t all he did. He also rescinded Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007.What is that? Of course, the Administration didn’t have the candor or courage to publicize this part of his nasty work, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have looked more closely at the awful Idaho futile care bill, S 1114, which I first addressed earlier today. Here are two more extremely objectionable clauses that show the intent to create a duty to die for the most infirm—and expensive for which to care—among us. From section394504A . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the kind of thing opponents of in vitro fertilization need to bring to light when debating the ethical ramifications of IVF. We need to point out how dehumanizing the process actually is. In this case, human embryos are created and compared to a mathematical model. If they don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the Weekly Standard our former colleague Ryan T. Anderson shows how Obama’s recent decision on stem cells is a bad move politically, ethically, and scientifically. He gives a thorough case for why embryo-destructive research is not only unnecessary and more expensive, but less likely . . . . Continue Reading »
The legislative process has become so overwhelming, that unless one hires a professional lobbying group to keep track, laws can pass quietly without any public attention at all.That seems to be the case in Idaho, where the Senate has passed a Texas-style futile care bill. The bill is so bad, it . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a novel suggestion in response to the economic crisis: I propose a revolution. Our whole social order is flawed because we no longer understand the duty of the sexes. The duty of men is to talk about G-d by the city gates, make speeches and occasionally kill each other. The duty of . . . . Continue Reading »
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