The Joy of the Truth

A new law requiring insurers to cover the costs of chochlear implants for children has drawn opposition. What is the complaint? Is is that . . . Government has overstepped its bounds, once again meddling in affairs that should be left to market...

The increase of naturalist and utilitarian thinking in the medical profession is perhaps seen most clearly in the treatment of unresponsive patients. The utilitarian measure of one's "quality of life" leads to the conclusion that if a patient is...

Too often we allow the Culture of Death to frame the cultural dialogue for us. Acceptance or refusal of life sustaining or curative treatment is a valid moral discussion. The problem comes with the language we use to describe people's condition. A...

A friend and I are going to a medical ethics conference tomorrow. One of the featured speakers is John Hardt, Ph.D. It promises to be more frustrating than enlightening, but it is good to hear what kind of moral arguments are being forwarded in the area...

We were recently chosen to adopt a baby girl, our first child. In our travels to pick her up, I found myself meditating on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. It struck me how much our own experience of expanding the love of our family parallels the way...