Culture, Science & Society

Commentary and discussion on a range of cultural topics, ranging from media to art, science, and everything in-between!

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Articles, Culture, Science & Society, Life Issues

Psychiatrist: Anorexia does not justify Aid in Dying

Source: Alex Schadenberg, via Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Reprinted with permission. In a recent article published by Reuters, a 47-year-old Canadian woman with anorexia nervosa (AN) tells a reporter that when an expansion of the criteria for medically assisted death comes into effect in March 2024, she plans to apply for medical aid […]

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Articles, Culture, Science & Society

What Is Ideology? A Conversation with Mark Shiffman and James Matthew Wilson

Source: James Matthew Wilson, Mark Shiffman and Austin Walker via thepublicdiscourse.com. Reprinted with permission. Ideology replaces respect for the dignity of the human person with celebration of a new humanity required for its perfected social and political order. Introduction by Austin Walker, Associate Director of the Lumen Christi Institute. Ideology […]

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Articles, Catholic, Christianity

On the Subject of Miracles

Source: Donald deMarco via National Catholic Register Reprinted with permission Science, which studies the nature and order of the physical universe, by virtue of its limitations, is unable to confirm or deny that there are such things as miracles. A miracle, by definition, defies the laws of nature.  Being habituated […]

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Catholic, Culture, Science & Society, Long Format, Presentations, Videos

Patrick J. Deneen – Freedom, Truth, and the Political Order

Friends, Patrick J. Deneen is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and, I’d argue, one of the most thought-provoking and interesting political philosophers on the scene today. In our conversation, Professor Deneen and I discuss the failure of liberalism, the true meaning of freedom, the […]

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Culture, Science & Society, Videos

Proof of Vaccine Harm

By definition, these serious adverse events lead to either death, are life-threatening, require inpatient (prolongation of) hospitalisation, cause persistent/significant disability/incapacity, concern a congenital anomaly/birth defect or include a medically important event according to medical judgement Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths Experts call for more research […]

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Christian Stories, Culture, Science & Society

The Secret Religion of Our Elites Which Our Own Kids Are Joining: Gnosticism

Source: William Kilpatrick via turningpointproject.com Reprinted with permission Part one of a two-part series A 2023 Gallup poll found that the percentage of Americans who identify as spiritual rather than religious has increased. And among Democrats, more people now describe themselves as spiritual (41%) than as religious (37%). However, according to a […]