“A (wrong) Church-State Solution”

Noah Feldman, in today’s New York Times Magazine, offers a misguided solution to the church-state tension in this country. Citing a divide between Values Evangelicals and Legal Secularists, he suggests that all government funding should be withdrawn from religious institutions (would this include government research grants or student loans for universities such as Notre Dame?)

Church/State Separation

The Supreme Court this week gave a split ruling on the display of the Ten Commandments in court houses. It’s hard to argue against historical displays dating over 150 years old, such as that in the Supreme Court. But I wouldn’t call a monument erected in the 1950s historical (the Texas state courthouse Ten Commandments

Stem Cell Confusion

Talk about a tough issue. I have posted, edited, taken down and reposted this comment (and also lost edits twice thanks to a glitch). The House of Representatives has just passed a bill to allow federal research dollars to be spent on embryonic stem cell research. Remember, we’re talking about embryos created in a petri

Weekly Newsweek Fix – Playing God

In the May 23 edition of Newsweek, there’s an interesting article about a new computer game called "Spore" in which the player begins as a single cell and grows/evolves to create animals,  people, tribes, societies, war, peace – you get the idea. (Now, May the Force Be . . . Us page 68). The article’s