Never assume that a logical connection exists between some instance of what is and some ideal of what could be. Some things cannot be redeemed, but are best destroyed or simply left alone. Indeed, many of history’s saddest chapters began with efforts to turn a present but dying evil into a lively engine for good.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee), M.D., today announced that he supports a bill currently before the Senate, which would allow federal funds to be used in the destruction of embryos in order to extract stem cells. I’m not going to dive into the merits of embryonic stem cell research, itself; as I’ve said before, [...]

In case you haven’t heard, the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools tried to implement a sex education curriculum that endorses homosexuality as a normal and amoral (not “immoral,” “amoral”) lifestyle choice. Whether or not one agrees with that proposal, the fact is that the school system gets its facts wrong and makes theological arguments – [...]

I’ve posted before on the Terri Schiavo story; while I did not want to jump on the news of her death in the early hours, there are some things that need to be said. First of all, I think everyone who is even aware of who Terri Schiavo was would agree that what happened to [...]

Our nation is in the process of becoming a nation of accomplices. After a series of sham trials, in which only one side of the evidence has been permitted by the courts, a woman who is clearly not brain dead, legally or by simple observation, is about to die a torturous death by judicial fiat. [...]

The current national debate on homosexual marriage has brought to light – again – one of the nastiest tactics used in “discussion” that I know of. That tactic is labeling those who disagree with you “phobic” or “hateful.” What it usually looks like is this: if I express the belief that homosexual marriage is wrong, [...]

Between today’s (effective) legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts, my general level of disgust with all of the leaders supposedly representing my interests in government or vying for that privilege, the insanity one can witness driving through downtown Atlanta, and the depressing dearth of people my age with any kind of internally consistent belief/value system, [...]

I believe a large – maybe even the greatest – part of our problems, as humans, stems from pride. We, because of the great things – in our little scale – that we can accomplish, convince ourselves that we can do anything. For example, we convinced ourselves (in the 1800′s) that we have the power [...]

Unless you’re living in a cave, you probably have heard about the recent Supreme Court overthrow of anti-sodomy laws in 13 states. You’ve probably also heard that this is “Gay Pride” weekend (or simply “Pride” weekend, since “gay” is apparently insensitive to the “transgendered” and all sorts of other folks). We have a problem here. [...]