Roberto Rivera

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  • When 'choice' and 'disability' collide: Eugenics still advancing

    When 'choice' and 'disability' collide: Eugenics still advancing

    Forced sterilization and other eugenics practices may seems like a throwback to a much darker period in recent human history, but in many countries, the laws that authorize these reprehensible violations of our humanity are still on the books.

  • 'Belief in Genesis ... incompatible with human dignity,' British tribunal claims

    'Belief in Genesis ... incompatible with human dignity,' British tribunal claims

    We take ideas such as freedom and human dignity for granted, without ever stopping to think about where those ideas came from in the first place.

  • The Supreme Court to decide on the meaning of words

    The Supreme Court to decide on the meaning of words

    At the heart of a pending Supreme Court decision, one of the most significant since Obergefell v. Hodges, is whether or not the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

  • University of Iowa learns a lesson in religious freedom

    University of Iowa learns a lesson in religious freedom

    I’m not sure what the university expected, but in the last seven months Judge Rose had not changed her opinion about what the Constitution requires.

  • Biblical Edom unearthed: Not a myth, a historical reality

    Biblical Edom unearthed: Not a myth, a historical reality

    Over the years, many scholars doubted the Edomites even existed, at least as described in those biblical accounts.

  • Robots in the pulpit?

    Robots in the pulpit?

    If someone described a preacher’s style to you as “robotic,” you probably wouldn’t consider it a compliment.

  • Time magazine denies climate change deniers

    Time magazine denies climate change deniers

    What is clear is that there is no further room for anyone who questions that the planet is indeed warming, that the warming is human caused, and that it is catastrophic.

  • More victims of the sexual revolution

    More victims of the sexual revolution

    This story has everything … Reproductive technology? Check! Same-sex union? Check! Autism? Check! Lawsuits? Check! The assumption that a child “product” of reproductive technology that someone paid for is “defective”? Check!

  • When suicide is legal and the money runs out

    When suicide is legal and the money runs out

    The Medical Assistance in Dying Act, like all pro-death legislation, sent a crystal-clear message that euthanasia is an acceptable alternative to palliative care. Inevitably, this will lead to decisions in which life is priced out, compared to the cost of resources.

  • Hong Kong’s lesson for Beijing ... and the West

    Hong Kong’s lesson for Beijing ... and the West

    Communist Party leaders know what many of the commentators and so-called experts in the West have long forgotten: That the ideas about justice and freedom that motivate many of the protesters in Hong Kong are rooted in Christianity.

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