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Lawyers in Canada were just enlisted into the culture of death, demonstrating why Massachusetts should not legalize assisted suicide. In an earlier post, I remarked on "the potential, corrupting influence of legalization of assisted suicide on the legal profession." I speculated that "as legalization statutes involve complex
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Good news comes out of California in the case reported in the NBP last week. A state court judge had indicated that he will not coerce a Catholic hospital to perform a sterilization procedure that violates Roman Catholic moral doctrine. That judge has now affirmed his earlier ruling, denying a
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Earlier I wrote about a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada conscripting Canadian lawyers and judges into the machinery of assisted suicide. I ended with the assessment that lawyers and judges will be litigating and deciding which human beings will be entitled to the protection of the laws against
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Cultural markers pointing to plural marriage, from Sister Wives to the throuple, have sprung up among us over the last few years, fascinating "normal" Americans. Polygamy was, of course, one of the twin relics of barbarism (along with slavery) that the Republican Party promised to abolish in 1856.
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Today it seems that cultural and political elites are racing break-neck toward the outrageous. The outrages of Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders would be hilarious if they weren't dragging us along with them. (Not Hillary. There's nothing funny about Hillary.) As bad as the
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Over at Public Discourse, political scientist Carson Holloway argued that Republicans should stop treating Trump's supporters as irrational. Those supporters are acting in their own interests, as they assess them, and anyone who wants to woo them should appeal to those interests. Appeal to principles will not do
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The Supreme Court of Alabama today issued a long-awaited decision in Ex Parte State of Alabama, which concerns whether Alabama probate judges are at liberty not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The court decided to dismiss all petitions and motions in the case. By dismissing (as opposed to
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The passing of Justice Scalia has prompted fitting encomia from the usual courageous stalwarts, predictable political squabbling from the usual squabblers, and cynical posturing from the usual cynics. All very appropriate to the role each of those people plays. But it has also exposed something that strikes me as dark