Most of us have known personally, or at least heard about, individuals for whom life is no longer worth living. People who suffer from permanent and severe pain, with no reasonable prospect for recovery, have... Read More

Frederick Clarkson at Rewire News reports that sometime in the near future, with great fanfare, a new “American Charter of Freedom of Religion and Conscience” will have its grand unveiling. The coalition behind the charter... Read More

Parkinson’s disease is brutal. First come the uncontrollable tremors, then the muscle rigidity, the choking, the dementia—hell on earth. There is room for hope, though. Researchers have been working diligently on finding new treatments for... Read More

Hardly a day has gone by the past month without some major new development in the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. First it was the demise of Cardinal McCarrick, followed by the stunning revelations of... Read More

Once Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court—as seems likely—the possibility that Roe v. Wade will be reversed will skyrocket. Kavanaugh has reportedly told senators that he considers Roe to be “settled law.” That’s... Read More

Computers aren’t bigoted—they’re just based on cold calculations, right? The past two years have featured a steady drumbeat of problems with various artificial intelligence (AI) procedures, centered around a common theme: they produce the same... Read More

Andrew Brunson appears to be a nice, quiet man caught up in events not of his own making. He’s been a pastor serving a tiny Protestant community in Izmir, Turkey, for over twenty years. He... Read More