The media is at it again, pushing the stem cell line desired by a Big Biotech company. This story in the Chicago Tribune seems sparked by Geron’s publicity department rather than having been garnered through independent reporting. It’s about why the field has moved slowly and how Geron . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve just finished uploading another batch of photographs of Fr. Neuhaus onto the website. They are some of his—and our—personal favorites. . . . . Continue Reading »
The coup de culture is driving some of us out of our minds. This post has to do with the radical environmentalism/earth religion part of the triad of the New Western Order that includes as its other manifestation, utilitarianism and hedonism. A physicist has warned that we are destroying the planet . . . . Continue Reading »
Several SHSers have sent me the story of the birth of the baby girl, who was selected “in” as an embryo, as her “defective” siblings were destroyed, and permitted to be implanted and born because she did not carry a gene that gives rise to breast cancer. Yuval Levin has . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent the morning browsing through obituaries for our friend, Fr. Neuhaus. For those interested, here are my own reminiscences , online today in the Weekly Standard . I lack the strength today to say all that needs to be said—praise, mostly—for the writing poured out for the occasion. . . . . Continue Reading »
Regular SHSers will recall the horrific case of Martin Ryan, an adult with Down syndrome who, after a stroke left him unable to talk, was allowed to starve to death over 26 days in a UK hospital. I have done some Googling, and found some more on the story. Martin’s and other deaths came to . . . . Continue Reading »
Especially in his classic 1984 work The Naked Public Square , Neuhaus tackled important and still timely issues regarding the religious underpinnings of American life, the proper division between church and state, and the real meaning of American secularism. Insofar as these studies forced him to . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote previously about how President Correa of Ecuador, who gave rights to nature in his new constitution, was pushing a new mining law. The indigenous people objected, and relied on the constitutioanl rights of nature to protect their region from exploitation. Well, now riots have broken out and . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember, PETA is always after your children to get them to buy into animal rights ideology. The latest is the renaming of fish “sea kittens,” in an online interactive aimed at children. From the “Save the Sea Kittens!” Web Page:Ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Stop . . . . Continue Reading »
I haven’t read the book, but I thought the review in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Michael Bevins, MD, Ph.D., brought up some important points for pondering. In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care illustrates the growing utilitarian emphasis in . . . . Continue Reading »
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