August 6, 2008

What are you worth?

The Judeo-Christian concept of human worth is that we are God's priceless, crowning act of creation. The US Environmental Protection Agency takes a more utilitarian view, valuing human beings at $7.22 million each. So, which is it? Are we priceless, or are we mere commodities, stamped with a price tag like everything else?

December 31, 2007

Candidates Speak Out on Waterboarding

As a public service, I offer these quotations from two presidential candidates explaining their positions on waterboarding.

November 21, 2007

The world has changed

Researchers discover a way to turn ordinary human skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells.

November 10, 2007

IVF and the ethical dilemmas of infertility

Childless couples are turning to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive children. The Christian church highly values life, family, and children, but has ethical concerns about IVF. Is the church merely stuck in the past, or is there reason to be worried?

March 14, 2006

Beyond Roe?

Technology will make abortion cheaper, easier, and more available, but it cannot relieve the guilt. In fact, self-induced abortions may scar women in ways we have never seen before.