Life or Death in Florida
The Continuing Fight for Terri
You may remember a commentary I delivered in 2003 about Terri Schiavo, who is in a nursing home with extensive..Read more
Recent Episodes
The Real Million Dollar Baby
Courage and the Sanctity of Life
The story is, by now, a familiar one: A female boxer from Missouri takes a terrible beating in the ring..Read more
The Value of Life
Conversations with the Voiceless
We see it everywhere we look. Our society increasingly has come to value human beings not for who they are,..Read more
Romney’s Stand
Embryos and Their Stem Cells
Harvard’s medical research community is outraged that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has dared to challenge its plans to create human..Read more
Outsourcing Evil
Torture and the Two Cities
Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. Maher Arar immigrated to Canada from Syria when he..Read more
Snake Oil Legislation
The Politics of Biotech
We’ve all heard the expression “truth in advertising.” We have laws that require advertising to be “truthful” and “non-deceptive.” They..Read more
Radical Solutions
AIDS Prevention from a Different Angle
Is a new strain of AIDS developing? The New York Times suggests that this could be the case. Scientists are running tests..Read more
Moral Equivalency
The Religious Left Gets it Wrong
“Failure makes you reassess.” So says Jim Wallis, founder and editor of Sojourners magazine, and he ought to know. A number of..Read more
‘No Place for Sentiment’
Baroness Warnock and the Mental Capacity Bill
It’s hardly unusual in this day and age for people to make off-the-wall statements. And it’s a little disturbing, to..Read more
The Politics of Suffering
Stem-Cell Research and Our Moral Ideals
Prior to September 11, the defining moment of the Bush presidency had been the president’s decision to limit embryonic stem-cell..Read more