The voices that yell loudest about “choice” tend to be the very ones that most enthusiastically seek to stifle it when they involve decisions about hot button moral issues with which they disagree. The St. Louis Post Dispatch is one such voice. Its editorial page weighed in today against . . . . Continue Reading »
A victim of ancillary targeting in the UK has testified in a criminal trial about the kind of hell he experienced merely for working for a company that had a relationship with Huntingdon Life Sciences. From the story: William Denison says what happened to his family at the hands of ALF extremists . . . . Continue Reading »
Fordham University’s website now has a page devoted to work from Cardinal Dulles , including a page with numerous videos of his lectures and one of his funeral Mass. Pictures from the funeral Masses at Fordham and St. Patrick’s Cathedral can be found on the website of the photographer, . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe that the issue of “conscience,” that is the right of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals not to engage in intentional life-terminating actions will be huge in the coming decade in bioethics. It has already begun in Italy after a father won the right in court . . . . Continue Reading »
make sure you exit the burning aircraft . . . . . Continue Reading »
A week in May 2007 was set aside for “Celebrate Diversity Week” at the University of Toledo. University President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs spoke at a rally encouraging everyone “to speak out about diversity and equality.” If you have something to say, speak out and speak up. Speak . . . . Continue Reading »
One wonders what Dante would have said about this . . . . . Continue Reading »
Kenya is a very poor country. But some among the assisted suicide crowd apparently see it as prime pickings for the well off in that country, with suicide tourism for profit being proposed. From the story:Kenya could become the first country in Africa to legalise doctor-assisted suicide if lobbying . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week Pope Benedict XVI expressed his gratitude for Avery Cardinal Dulles’ life and work , and his condolences on his recent death. In a letter to New York’s Cardinal Egan, the Holy Father wrote: Having learned with sadness of the death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, I offer you my . . . . Continue Reading »
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