Why scientists need to collect examples of newly discovered species of birds (and other animals).

There is a perverse movement among women to think that they should carry fetuses with Downs' syndrome to term, rather than abort them and try again.

The overall effect is to increase the number of people that have Downs' syndrome. I see nothing virtuous in that. The current fetus is no more worthy than one without Downs' syndrome that they might conceive later.

Next, people will take thalidomide to demonstrate how they can love babies born without limbs.

Remember, a fetus is not a baby.

UK residents from other EU countries face deportation from the UK for participating in nonviolent protests.

Hawaii kicked 300 homeless people out of a tent city, and plans to compensate this by building housing for a fraction of them.

It would be kinder to build housing first and invite some of the homeless people to move to it.

The pope send a letter of support to an squatters' group in Rome that occupies buildings to help the poor.