Category: Abortion
Turning lead into gold
While we deplore the murder of Dr. George Tiller, we sometimes find the "end justifies the means" philosophy that drove his murderer quite useful.
By Charlie on June 28, 2009 9:30 AM
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The ethics of murder
Faced with the callous determination of the Third Reich to murder innocent Jews, Christian theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer discarded his commitment to pacifism and joined in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Are there moral lessons here for our time?
By Charlie on June 2, 2009 9:23 AM
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William Saletan on the stem cell debate
William Saletan voices concerns about the President's order to open up embryonic stem cell research.
By Charlie on March 11, 2009 11:20 PM
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Fine young cannibals
Yes, we can. That was the mantra of the Obama candidacy, and so far, the guiding principle of his young administration. Yes we can farm human embryos for adult spare parts. Yes we can. Yes we can. But no, we shouldn't.
By Charlie on March 10, 2009 12:48 AM
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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?
By Charlie on August 6, 2008 1:33 AM
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Candidates speak out on waterboarding
As a public service, I offer these quotations from two presidential candidates explaining their positions on waterboarding.
By Charlie on December 31, 2007 11:01 AM
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The world has changed
Researchers discover a way to turn ordinary human skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells.
By Charlie on November 21, 2007 8:38 AM
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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?
By Charlie on November 10, 2007 8:26 PM
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Abortion's dirty little secret
There are some things you just don't talk about: abortion-related health risks to women is one of them.
By Charlie on February 16, 2006 8:58 AM
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The politics of power
The Democratic party, while chastising conservatives for their hawkish tendency to drop bombs on dictators and, collaterally, children, is meanwhile waging a much deadlier war on the children themselves.
By Charlie on August 12, 2004 2:26 AM
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