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Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Luck — The Abandoned Embryo

The National Institutes of Health [NIH] released the draft of its "Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research" on April 17, thus revealing the specific policy proposals that will expand federal funding for stem cell research using human embryos. The pr ...

April 20, 2009

Should the United Nations Protect Religions from Defamation?

Suddenly, I find myself in an awkward and uncomfortable position.  I find that I must agree with Peter Singer on an issue of importance.  This requires some soul-searching. Peter Singer teaches bioethics at Princeton University and is one of the mos ...

April 17, 2009

When Abortion Collides with Totalitarianism

The vast nation of China remains under the control of one of the few surviving Communist regimes on the planet.  Over the last two decades, that regime has redefined Communist economic theory, allowing private capital and a consumer market to emerge ...

April 16, 2009

Fighting Words about the Bible?

The Monday "On Religion" feature in USA Today is consistently interesting, even if often exasperating.  That is what should be expected of an opinion column -- strong opinions in both the column and the reaction it prompts.  Well, get ready to form y ...

April 13, 2009

The Resurrection of Christ and the Reality of the Gospel

The pattern of the Christian year is an exercise of the Church's discipline. The annual celebrations of Christmas and Resurrection Day force the Church to ponder again the truths of Christ's incarnation and resurrection. Christians understand that e ...

April 12, 2009

TIME — Is Same-Sex Marriage Inevitable?

The past two weeks have brought new cogency to a question many have been asking for some time -- Is the legalization of same-sex marriage now inevitable? The question may not make sense to those who focus only on the fact that, as of last November, ...

April 10, 2009

The Challenge of Islam — A Christian Perspective

President Barack Obama has put the issue of Islam front and center on the international stage.  His visit to Turkey, and his very public statements to the Muslim world, have raised a host of questions at home and abroad. In his speech to the Turkish ...

April 8, 2009

Newsweek — The End of Christian America

"To the surprise of liberals who fear the advent of an evangelical theocracy and to the dismay of religious conservatives who long to see their faith more fully expressed in public life, Christians are now making up a declining percentage of the Amer ...

April 6, 2009

Health Alert — Read to Save Your Life

We are constantly bombarded with health messages these days, with many offering confusing, complicated, or contradictory advice.  There are so many messages with so many misunderstandings that, in the end, they have become like car alarms going off i ...

April 3, 2009

Marvelous Suicide and Beneficial Abortion — Worldviews Matter

The current "Great Recession" brings a host of moral questions as we experience a massive economic earthquake.  Indeed, some see the economic crisis as an opportunity to push the agenda of the Culture of Death.  The logic is clear -- we would be bett ...

April 2, 2009

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