David Brooks, that sociologist of postmodernity, contributed a stimulating essay to the April 2003 number of Atlantic Monthly entitled, provocatively, “The Return of the Pig.” That is, the male chauvinist pig. He surveys influential constituents of popular culture — Maxim magazine, Comedy Central’s The Man Show, rap musicians — and concludes perceptively that feminists have [...]
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On Roger Scruton on Dying Quietly
December 29th, 2010 
admin My Right Reason blog colleague, eminent British conservative Roger Scruton, has posted an excerpt from his forthcoming book, A Conservative Philosophy, on Right Reason. The excerpt concerns end-of-life issues and the possibility of legalizing euthanasia in England. Since Professor Scruton is indeed a widely acclaimed conservative thinker, readers of EM may be surprised at my saying, [...]
Just another one of many
December 29th, 2010 admin Here’s a report, apparently substantiated by Missouri Right to Life, of one Kelly Meyer, now in her ninth day without food or water. The agitated friend who has drawn attention to the situation is almost certainly without legal standing and can do nothing but tell the world. The decision to remove the feeding tube from Kelly, [...]
Maybe I was wrong
December 29th, 2010 admin In the comments thread on my post below, I said that I didn’t know yet of a case where legally custodial relatives have been unable to stop medical murder by dehydration. That may change soon, as indicated by this frustratingly sketchy report from Wesley J. Smith. The sketchiness is not Smith’s fault. The family, most [...]
Derbyshire, Ponnuru, and Really Bad Philosophy
December 29th, 2010 admin Ramesh Ponnuru’s fine work on the fealty of many intellectual and political elites, particularly on the left side of the political aisle, The Party of Death, despite its status as a lucidly written and cogently argued presentation of the Culture of Life position on our ongoing cultural and political struggles over the relationships between and [...]
A compromise on American abortion?
December 29th, 2010 admin There is nothing so foolish that some philosopher has not said it, and there is nothing so evil that some bioethicist has not proposed it. – Anthony Daniels Armando offers a “compromise” on abortion, in which it is unrestricted during the first two trimesters, and restricted at state-level option during the third. His intent, as [...]
Right After You Were Born, Mommy Sued Her Doctor Because…
December 29th, 2010 admin In a lot of ways, our culture has made progress over the last 50 years in the way we treat the disabled – especially in the way we ensure access to facilities and treatment, and employment. In an entirely different way, we have engaged in the process of sending a message to the disabled that [...]
The horror. The horror.
December 29th, 2010 admin “When I turned around, there wasn’t a lot of blood in the toilet–just one roughly lemon-sized clot, and next to it, something that was most definitely not clot-colored. I leaned over and squinted at it, and holy sh-t, there was a freaking embryo in my toilet! They had told me that I probably wouldn’t be [...]
The New Politics of Roe
December 29th, 2010 admin The general consensus is that South Dakota’s bipartisan abortion ban, which was passed through the legislature last week, was designed to test the current Supreme Court’s commitment to Roe v. Wade. It appears that, for the nonce, it is actually testing an entirely different class of politicos: namely, 2008 GOP Presidential candidates. [A] quick survey [...]
Moral Quandaries
December 29th, 2010 admin Josh Trevino relates a story that is becoming more familiar as the days go by…. A true and current tale: A person of my acquaintance, wishing to have a child with his wife, was discussing his lack of success with another friend, a female who with her own husband has lovely and vigorous sons. This [...]
