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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and the Slippery Slope
From The Gazette (Montreal), “The push for euthanasia could be the death of us all:” Imagine carrying around with you at all times a sort of get-out-of-hospital-alive card, sometimes called a sanctuary card. Its message: I do not want to … Continue reading
Stem Cell Coverage
I know the decision is a couple of weeks old at this point, but a ton of articles have recently come to my attention. John Kass in the Chicago Tribune, Stem cell policy shift brings a sinking feeling Christianity Today, … Continue reading
Front Page of the Chicago Tribune
Right to die: Final Exit Network targeted by authorities, west suburban man’s plan to kill himself with right-to-die group’s help is on hold Kurt Perry is a 26-year-old man suffering from a neurological condition (Charcot-Marie-Tooth, or CMT) that leads to … Continue reading
MercatorNet on Bill Clinton’s Embryo Comments
This one has slipped my notice. Thanks to MercatorNet for catching it. Was Clinton’s language deliberate or grossly uninformed? BTW, MercatorNet.com is definetly something you should be reading. Thoughtful, well-reasoned, winsome — bookmark it and/or subscribe to their updates immediately.
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Krauthammer on Obama’s Stem Cell Executive Order
Clearly, I don’t agree with everything Krauthammer has to say: I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a … Continue reading
Science Fiction
Another link from Christianity Today: Sci-Fi’s Brave New World: How the genre draws us to its own views of redemption Which stories will guide us as we make our way through the perilous 21st century with its stunning technologies and … Continue reading
On Blogging
From Christianity Today: Nearly three years ago, Alan Jacobs wrote in Books & Culture, “Right now, and for the foreseeable future, the blogosphere is the friend of information but the enemy of thought.” I’m probably guilty as charged on that … Continue reading