Friday, July 07, 2006
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Broken Presbyterian Covenant
re: the Presbyterian Lay Committee has issued a statement against decisions made at the Presbyterian Church USA's recent General Assembly...
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Nelson Mandela and the Frozen Embryo
re: Michael Kinsley, writing in Slate, ridicules pro-lifers who object to embryonic stem cell research. Russell D. Moore says "...Michael Kinsley obviously has an emotional stake in this debate. He suffers from Parkinson's disease. We should also recognize that he has some points to make that we need to hear. There are far too many pro-lifers who oppose abortion but who think nothing of the assaults on unborn life in the "disposal" of "embryonic material" in fertility clinics. That's why a pro-life ethic must be theological and holistic, not just issue-driven..."...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
A Circle of Quiet: Thoughts from the road...
re: Letters to a Diminished Church by Dorothy Sayers, "the havoc wrought by the triumphs of human idealism," Norms and Nobility by David V. Hicks, Louis Auchincloss' 1964 The Rector of Justin...
BBC NEWS | INDEPTH | LONDON ATTACKS
re: photos and obituaries of the 52 people killed in the 7/7/05 bombings in London...
BBC NEWS | Health | Down's syndrome gene identified
re: "Scientists believe they have found a possible cause for mental impairment in Down's syndrome...This, they say, could ultimately lead to finding a way to "turn down" the gene expression so mental decline might be stopped or even reversed..."...
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts : Counts, recounts, and the Mexican election
re: Matthew Shugart explains a few things about Mexican elections...
FDA/CFSAN: Food, Nutrition, and Cosmetics Questions and Answers - Seafood
re: why shellfish is "friendly" to viruses...
Stem Cells Without Moral Corruption
re: Robert P. George and Eric Cohen explain how "Congress Can Give Research a Boost Without Supporting the Misuse of Human Embryos"...
Far From The Madding Crowd, For Some, Says CBS' Dick Meyer, Loneliness Is A Chosen Lifestyle - CBS News
re: commentary on the reaction to his column on a study claiming that "Americans have dramatically fewer close confidants than they did just twenty years ago"...
hat tip: Real Clear Politics, July 6 PM Roundup
hat tip: Real Clear Politics, July 6 PM Roundup
No. 1251: Katherine Stinson
re: an entry in the Engines of Our Ingenuity series by John H. Lienhard, University of Houston's College of Engineering...
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: Human Dignity in Deerfield
re: the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity is hosting a conference on the campus of Trinity International University next week...
Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: The Laugh of the Future
re: Anthony Esolen essay..."...Laughter there had always been, of course, but for cultures untouched by the Christian "deep comedy" (about which our contributing editor Peter Leithart has written most eloquently), laughter seldom or never escapes the realm of scorn..."...
hat tip: Lars Walker
hat tip: Lars Walker
City Newspaper: News & Opinion: Mail: Reader feedback - 7.5.06
re: Rob Pokalsky letter to the editor explaining what he is aiming for in his pro-life activities near an abortion clinic...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
The American Thinker: Mass. prepares to dispute Census in 2010
re: rather than address why it bleeds people, Massachusetts is trying to come up with a way for the state to come up with its own population figures (as opposed to the federal ones)...
The American Thinker: Severe labor shortages in Calgary and Edmonton
re: oil and gas boom is pulling workers to tar sands region...
Blue Crab Boulevard : E&P Lands An Exclusive, And Revealing, Partisan Hack Job
re: comparing what Editor & Publisher pulled for quotes from a Stars & Stripes interview with President Bush, with the same quotes within the passages in which they sit...
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