According to a team of British scientists and ethicists, experiments to “humanize” apes should be carefully regulated and certain experiments banned. In its report, Animals Containing Human Material, the working group begins with the obvious claim that “animals are not humans.” They then worry about three types of animal-human research. The first would be the […]
Planet of the Apes Closer Than You Think Read Post »
A new study by the American Journal of Public Health reveals that 25 percent of gay/lesbian teens and 15 percent of bi-sexual teens are homeless, in comparison to heterosexual teens, which is only at 3 percent. Here are some of the study’s conclusions: “Teens with a sexual minority orientation are more likely than heterosexual teens to
1 in 4 Gay Teens Are Homeless Read Post »
Grant proposals are due next week for a federal program that, at first glance, seems to support traditional marriage. But a closer look reveals that the program actually includes a blatant slap at biblical sexual morality. The Department of Health and Human Services announced $75 million to be awarded to worthy applicants under the “Community-Centered
Abstaining from… Common Sense Read Post »
On December 1, 1955, a tired black seamstress named Rosa Parks defied what was regarded as a polite custom when she refused to surrender her seat to a white man. Under the “Jim Crow” system of racial discrimination, her Montgomery, Alabama, bus driver had the legal right to move her farther back in the bus
The Tyranny of Fraudulent Manners Read Post »
Simone Weil, the French philosopher, displayed an uncommon clarity when it came to exposing human evil. Having seen firsthand the horrors that engulfed Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, she was well acquainted with ordinary people’s capacity for wickedness and gave much thought to how this could be. One of her most startling conclusions was
The Blinding Power of Evil—or—Evil as a “Duty” Read Post »
A just-published story in The Atlantic by Lori Gottlieb entitled “How to Land Your Kid in Therapy” raises some helpful questions about modern parenting and how it is stimulating narcissism. There is some strong language in the piece, so I’m not linking to it. I will, however, quote a section to show the strength of
Where Law and Grace Kiss: Evangelical Struggles in Parenting Read Post »
