Utilitarianism has a hideous strength when it comes to medical ethics. If even a ghastly procedure can “save lives,” well,…
A colleague of mine says that when politicians feel the heat, they see the light. And we need to make…
South Koreans are being urged to have more babies. But you won’t believe who’s doing the urging. In the 1960s,…
In a world of rationed health care, what standards should we use to determine who lives and who dies? That…
To what lengths will we go to save our child? One new film examines what can happen when we decide…
Enjoying good music makes us smile. It’s part of what makes us human. And one recent TV show drives the…
Last year, a young Chinese woman—let’s call her Dan Li—ran afoul of the Chinese government. She had become “illegally pregnant.”…
It seems one man’s religious freedom is another man’s “ridiculous prejudice.” One government official fumed that Catholic doctors were refusing…
On Sunday, President Obama delivered his controversial and much-awaited speech at Notre Dame. I found little surprising about the speech…
A recent discussion on our blog, The Point, demonstrated how uneasy many Christians feel about environmentalism. The subject was the…
