Lewis Hamilton is, by any measure, one of the most successful sportsmen of our age. Formula One is not, sadly, the most popular sport in Ireland, and so it is easy not to appreciate the sheer genius in his fingertips when he sits behind a wheel, and few who are not fans will comprehend the […]
Apple has pulled at least two apps used by the protesters.
Speeches by supporters of assisted suicide always include a big shout-out for people with disabilities. Hey, guys, you’re top on our list of favs; we’re just working out the delicate balance against individual rights. Just hang in there; we love youse all. Which, translated, means that the fears of people with disabilities are going to be […]
Claire Cohen describes her experience as ‘the first journalist to be granted access’ to a ‘state-of-the-art’ ‘brand new abortion clinic’ – ‘shiny, new Fairview Heights’, a ‘“mega”-facility’ soon to open in Illinois, Missouri; taking part in a ‘“mock clinic”’ as fictitious ‘patient’ Gayle Test, who is ‘31, pregnant but just not ready to start a […]
How the Church’s newest saint foresaw our irreligious age.
It has been alleged by an Italian journalist who is both an atheist and a friend of Pope Francis that the Pope told him that he does not believe that Jesus Christ is divine. Dr. Eugenio Scalfari, a 95-year-old who has regularly interviewed the Pope in the past, wrote in his column in Italy’s La […]
A resolution of the European Parliament recognizes that the two totalitarian regimes of the 20th century were twin in crimes against humanity. Someone needs to tell Beijing.
In today’s sex-soaked media, it was gratifying to see a leading champion of unrestricted sexual freedom, the New York Times, going bonkers about the wickedness of pornography. The headline summarises its graphic, scrupulously researched and highly disturbing article: “The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?” The figures it cites are […]
This Bloomberg piece about Japan’s rural depopulation is very interesting. And since it is not only interesting but also about demography, it seems perfect to share with you, the readers of the Demography is Destiny blog. As we have often said before, Japan is the canary in the demographic coalmine, the country that the rest of the world is […]
Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials. A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends. The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at […]
Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled this week that assisted suicide is legal if a person is experiencing “intolerable physical and psychological suffering”. Anyone who “facilitates the suicidal intention… of a patient kept alive by life-support treatments and suffering from an irreversible pathology” should not be punished, the court ruled. The patient’s condition must be “causing physical […]
Serious concerns have been raised about the implementation of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation after a 61-year-old depressed but otherwise healthy man was euthanised in the province of British Columbia. Alan Nichols, a former school janitor who lived alone and struggled with depression, was admitted to Chilliwack General Hospital, BC, in June after he was […]