A Double Standard for “Life”
2018-03-29
Schools across the United States are witnessing student walkouts as part of the March for Our Lives movement calling for new gun control. In response to this, one student isContinue Reading
What’s the Solution for Shootings?
2018-03-16
An article in The New York Times entitled “Opening Mental Hospitals Unlikely to Prevent Mass Shootings, Experts Say” discusses the predicted effectiveness of increased mental hospitals in response to aContinue Reading
Gerber’s Welcoming Message
2018-03-16
One of the most hopeful recent news items was the positivity in response to Gerber announcing their Baby of the Year choice. Why the extra-special response? Lucas Warren, this year’sContinue Reading
Domestic Robots? Technology and the Family
2018-01-30
An article on Slate detailed the increasing popularity of in-home smart speaker assistants, and how families have been using them. The article describes how some families barely use the technology,Continue Reading
Coming Out Pro Life
2018-01-09
It’s not always easy as a student. I’ve sat in a desk on numerous occasions: sweating, heart beating fast, even shaking sometimes. What’s the anxiety? To come out as pro-life.Continue Reading
Voluntary Sterilization: Is It Right?
2018-01-09
Usually when we hear about sterilization, the context is a harrowing tale of coercion in order to control certain groups of people, usually minorities. Yet, recently in The New YorkContinue Reading
Human Dignity in Halloween Culture?
2017-10-31
When Halloween rolls around, especially in American culture, we see a wide array of films and entertainment centered around zombies, vampires, monsters, and horror. But whether we realize it orContinue Reading
Head Transplants: Are They Moral?
2017-10-28
An article published on Newsweek online detailed an update regarding the head transplant scheduled to occur this year or in 2018 by Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero. Canavero has been studyingContinue Reading
What is our Literature Telling Us About Life?
2017-10-02
Recently a student began discussing the idea with me that abortion is not healthcare, even though it is unfortunately considered so in society. But instead of letting this statement hangContinue Reading
A Thought on End-of-Life
2017-09-20
“People overlook the beauty of end-of-life.” Recently a friend of mine stopped to talk while I was eating lunch alone in the cafeteria, and brought this situation to my attention.Continue Reading