Current Affairs

The whole idea of face transplant surgery is eerie, and it got off to an even eerier start with last month's first successful one: > Among the most disturbing aspects of the debate are conflicting reports from doctors about whether the transplant was the result of two suicide

NYC has become a haven for late-term abortions (after 21 weeks). According to this article [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/15249/index.html] in New York magazine, about 100 people are part of the "Haven Coalition," a group of volunteers that open their apartments to these

David Ignatius writes in this morning's WaPo: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301512.html] > The shame for America isn't that we have tried to topple the rule of the assassins but that we have so far been unsuccessful. We

Common sense is a border-line crime in homosexual-sensitive Britain: > Lynette Burrows, an author on children's rights and a family campaigner, took part in a discussion on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Radio Five Live about the new civil partnerships act. > During the programme, she

A picture is worth a thousand words: A map of the Earth that shows countries by the size of their populations [http://www.odt.org/Pictures/poplcart.jpg].

> Just like human boys and girls, male monkeys like to play with toy cars while female monkeys prefer dolls, a research project has shown. > This intriguing discovery is one of many signs of deep-rooted behavioral differences between the sexes that scientists are exploring with the latest tools

Dalrymple more or less agrees with my column on Catholic Exchange yesterday [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=31066]: > Unfortunately, [George Best's soccer] abilities began to decline as he started to live the high life. He was at his peak

A survey of gay marriage around the globe [http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/051204034933.6vavx6e8.html]. It's woefully incomplete, but still interesting. Summary: The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Spain and (later this month) Britain: Recognize gay marriages. South Africa: Highest court has ordered parliament to recognize gay marriage.