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Author Archives: Matthew Eppinette
Eternal Sunshine?
My friends at MercatorNet have a thoughtful piece on a new drug that may dull bad memories. We are only at the threshold of understanding how memory is integrated into our personal identity. Blunting the memory of trauma might bring … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Paradoxical Projects
Books & Culture has an interview with the always excellent Jean Bethke Elshtain where she discusses, among other things, her assertion: In our own liberal society at the moment, and in most of the Western democracies in general, we are … Continue reading
I’m Only A Little Surprised
. . . this hasn’t gotten more blowback. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been funding plotline placement in a handful of primetime shows.
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Excellent article by Zinsser
William Zinsser writes on drafting and revising his On Writing Well over the past 35 years. HT: Justin Taylor
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Coraline Review
Not by me, but so well done I can’t help but link to it. Coraline: Visually Stunning, Morally Complex, Spooky Tale
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It is a disaster when only one kind of truth prevails at the expense of another
Walker Percy received the Laetare Medal at Notre Dame in 1989, and in his acceptance speech he said: The motto of the Laetare Medal is, I understand, ‘Magna est veritas et prevalebit,’ ‘Truth is mighty and shall prevail.’ I like … Continue reading
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