An artifact of the time when science teachers actually taught science and did not feel the need to turn it into a theology, a metaphysic or an all-explaining theory of everything. Read more

Here’s a statement from the Catholic Medical Association. Odds are pretty high they have a more thorough take on stuff than anything you’ll read here while I noodle the matter in my spare time. That said, however, it is my blog and basically what I do is noodle ideas, so here’s an interesting conversation I had with a very thoughtful reader whose husband is a doctor: Hi Mark, I’m a lurker–love your blog. Don’t know if you get time to... Read more

A reader writes: I’d like to request prayers on behalf of a little girl and her family whom I met at our clinic today. she was following up with one of our hand surgeons after being seen at Harborview; she was out riding her bike on Lopez Island with her family (mother, father, younger sister) when an unlicensed teenaged driver struck her and a jogger at high speed. The jogger died instantly, and she is going to be having her... Read more

A reader writes: I’d like to request prayers on behalf of a little girl and her family whom I met at our clinic today. she was following up with one of our hand surgeons after being seen at Harborview; she was out riding her bike on Lopez Island with her family (mother, father, younger sister) when an unlicensed teenaged driver struck her and a jogger at high speed. The jogger died instantly, and she is going to be having her... Read more

So, I just had a thought. For the longest time, the 6th Amendment right to an attorney clause only meant that the state couldn’t stop you from hiring an attorney. Gideon changed all that, and now we have public defender’s offices all over. For those who (myself included) worry about framing the right to health care as a right to government provided health care for free, I think we also need to think about whether the right to an attorney... Read more

So, I just had a thought. For the longest time, the 6th Amendment right to an attorney clause only meant that the state couldn’t stop you from hiring an attorney. Gideon changed all that, and now we have public defender’s offices all over. For those who (myself included) worry about framing the right to health care as a right to government provided health care for free, I think we also need to think about whether the right to an attorney... Read more

Benedict XVI cuts an album. Unless he does “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” I’m not buying. Read more

Benedict XVI cuts an album. Unless he does “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” I’m not buying. Read more

The story of our young saint, Gloria Strauss, continues to spread and inspire. My friend, Tom Curran, is very close to the Strauss family and marvels at the grace, sanctity and courage of Gloria. He loves to tell people her story. I think she will be canonized someday. Read more

The story of our young saint, Gloria Strauss, continues to spread and inspire. My friend, Tom Curran, is very close to the Strauss family and marvels at the grace, sanctity and courage of Gloria. He loves to tell people her story. I think she will be canonized someday. Read more