Quadrupeds of a human sort?

Somewhere I had seen this photograph weeks ago, but Osagie K. Obasogie's essay at Biopolitical Times makes much more sense than whatever nonsense accompanied the photo when I first saw it.

Chilean congress rejects first step to legalisation of abortion

The Chilean Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, voted 61 to 21 to reject a bill that would have authorised abortion during the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy caused by rape or incest, LifeNews reports.

Slavery is bad, not 'traditional', behavior

At Instapundit: concern about the Saudis' penchant for 'bad press'.

Perhaps Mr Cameron impressed someone

The leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, David Cameron, made a quick trip to Darfur, had the requisite photographs taken (he is likes these coups du théâtre and must imagine that he is good at them) and now is able to play the champion of the poor oppressed with...

Israeli supreme court orders registry of same sex marriages performed abroad

Marriage law in Israel is, constitutionally, the prerogative of the rabbis; the state 'registers' the matrimonial arrangements made by non-observant Jews.  The Supreme Court today ruled that same sex 'marriages' contracted abroad must be registered by the government....

Anti-Syrian minister Pierre Gemayel assassinated

Pierre Gemayel, scion of the leading Maronite political family in Lebanon and minister and one of the principal opponents of Hizballah, was assassinated Tuesday afternoon. Lebanon's Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel was shot dead in Beirut on Tuesday by unknown gunmen. The...

Let the state 'manage' your 12 year old for you

I think that Mr Blair must be on the verge of succumbing to nervous exhaustion, having read this Guardian article. Writing in the Sun as the Government prepares to publish proposals to force more parents to attend parenting classes, Mr Blair said "an overwhelming majority"...

"Confusion is not only not a problem..."

An essay making one or two sword thrusts into the body of yesterday's New York Times Magazine's inflated 8,000 words about 'gay' parents and their 'issues', letting some of the overheated air out, at Get Religion.  (Miss Ziegler counted, not me; I stopped at the first...

"If you don't help feed them..."

At I believe in adv, a Philippine agency combats hunger: I cannot decide if the means justifies the end or not.  "Emotional, effective, well done".  Well done, certainly. 

Let the discussion and fornication both begin at age 13

Oh, by all means, let the teenagers discuss: sexual violence is a bad thing."If the Government is serious about preventing violence to women, it must ensure that young people have the chance to discuss it at school."And don't classify adults' sexual relations with 13 year...

The law must presume that human persons want to live

Dr Wesley J. Smith quite accurately notes that in the United Kingdom, a presumption at law to the effect that in certain circumstances people will want to die, to choose death, seems to be settling in:Moreover, the sacrosanct nature of advance directives isn't a two way...

Daniel Ortega signs Nicaraguan ban on all abortion

Señor Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua, signed the bill yesterday that prohibits all abortions in that country, Vox Galliae has noted.  Nicaragua and El Salvador are the only states in North America where all abortions are illegal

Situation worsening in Chad after more janjaweed attacks

Sudanese Arab Muslim janjaweed and their allies have raided yet more villages in Chad, reports the Independent.  They came on camels and horses; some came in cars. Armed with bazookas and rocket launchers, M14 and AK-47 rifles, up to 500 Arab men, most wearing Sudanese...

Pro-life attempts to stop Amnesty International from adopting pro-abortion po...

An article from LifeNews:A leading pro-life congressman, a representative of the nation's Catholic bishops and the head of an organization for pro-life Democrats are expected to hold a press conference on Monday asking Amnesty International to keep its neutral position on...

Semel ergo breve praeceptum tibi praecipitur...

At Cornell Society, a lovely essay on the famous passage from the seventh homily of St Augustine on the First Epistle of St John ad Parthos: "Dilige, et quod vis fac"--'love, and do what you will'.  "For the source of love is within, and nothing but good can derive from...