Robert Lanza is a scientist who has written a new book entitled Biocentrism that uses the latest findings of physics and quantum mechanics to posit a new scientific worldview. One aspect he thinks cosmologists have to factor is the Goldilocks Effect. From Mike LaSalle’s review
From Christian Telegraph: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has twice written to support an emergent group of conservative Anglicans that rejects the ultra-liberal and sexually permissive direction of the Church of England, reports Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com. The Queen recently wrote to the Fellowship of Confessing
Canada, which might not be as secularist as people have assumed, is undergoing a religious and political controversy occasioned by Prime Minister Stephen Harper going up for Communion at a Roman Catholic funeral mass. Here is what happened: It began last Friday when Canada’s Prime
British researchers are claiming to have generated sperm from embryonic stem cells. How many ironies can we find here? Bonus question: What work of literature anticipated this kind of backward engineering?
Joseph Bottum is editor of First Things, a conservative, a Catholic, and a very perceptive guy. At First Thoughts — A First Things Blog, he offers a close analysis and response to Pope Benedict’s new encyclical on economics and social justice, “Caritas in Veritate. He
An archaeologist has apparently discovered the palace of King David. See this account of the find, which confounds liberal scholars who had been casting doubt on David’s existence and which confirms Biblical details. Archaeologists had previously discovered the remains of the walls around the ancient
From Christian Telegraph: General Electric has announced that it will use embryonic stem cells provided by Geron Corporation for the purpose of testing toxic effects of drug treatments, reports Alex Bush, LifeSiteNews.com. GE issued a statement, attempting to preempt criticism over the decision, saying, “We
Comedian Al Franken has finally been seated as the Senator from the wild, eccentric, and eccentric-loving state of Minnesota, having won the election by 312 votes out of 2.4 million cast. The lessons are that every vote counts and that we must stop thinking of
Robert McNamara, the Defense Secretary under Kennedy and LBJ and architect of the Vietnam war, died. I know some of you object when I blame that war on Democrats and on liberals, but it was a war that was started and waged under that ideology’s
New guidelines for stem cell research to receive federal funding have been announced. The eligible stem cell lines had to have been generated following specific ethical guidelines. But what guidelines, you might ask, and what ethics? From The Washington Post: All embryonic stem cell lines
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