'So here it is at last, the distinguished thing'
Sex and death are the two great force fields of humankind. It is hubris to assume that they are infinitely malleable without moral transgression.
Sex and death are the two great force fields of humankind. It is hubris to assume that they are infinitely malleable without moral transgression.
What if I told you that the internet "is the greatest drug dealer in the United States?"
Sometimes a single phrase is enough to expose a tissue of lies, and such a phrase was used in a recent editorial in The Lancet titled "The lethal burden of drug overdose."
Dr. Kass recently fielded questions from ISI students about the Great Books, bioethics, patriotism, and much more.
Sometimes resuscitating a patient can seem unwarranted or extreme, and people wonder whether it would be okay to fill out a "Do Not Resuscitate" order (DNR) for themselves or for a family member.
Has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were cherished less, and has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were needed more?
In March, 2013, the British paper The Independent ran an article entitled, "Children in gay adoptions at no disadvantage: Research confirms same-sex couples are just as good at parenting as heterosexuals."
According to a semi-established consensus among the intellectual elite in the West, there is no such person as God or any other supernatural being.
Exciting news for the new evangelization being called for by Pope Benedict XVI are the recent discoveries in "space-time geometry," prompting eminent physicists to assert the cosmos had to have a beginning and thus had to have a creator.