On November 20, 1920, the nascent Soviet government released what it termed a simple “public health announcement.” The statement, a missive intended as law, proclaimed a new, fully-funded program for women: legalized abortions, available free of charge at state-run hospitals. By keeping abortions high and the birth rate low, Soviet leaders and their sycophants hoped …
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Over at the Christianity Today Theology in the News column, I have published a piece entitled “Atheists in the Foxholes–as Chaplains” which draws off of the strange but true reality that atheists are currently lobbying for the right to serve as military chaplains. You can’t make this stuff up. Here is the essay’s teaser: The military chaplain …
If you’re a sports fan, did you see the news about former Villanova Wildcats basketball player Will Sheridan coming out of the closet? And the stories about Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts revealing the same? Whether you like basketball or not, you should care about these stories as a Christian. The way each …
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Philosopher and educator, Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) wrote on everything from how to read a book to the existence of God; he sought to help people think clearly on any subject. This was partially the impetus behind his founding of organizations like the Institute for Philosophical Research, the Aspen Institute, and the Center for the Study …
The headline in London’s Telegraph declares, “Archbishop backs William and Kate’s decision to live together.” The article goes on to explain that Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, the “second most senior cleric in the Church of England,” takes a casual approach to pre-marital co-habitation, having seen a great deal of it as a “vicar …
Arguably, one of the best extended contemporary discussions of human dignity and its implications for biomedicine was commissioned under President George W. Bush and convened by his President’s Council on Bioethics. The council’s two reports, Being Human (2003), and Human Dignity and Bioethics (2008), are the results of more than a few public meetings, thousands …