Although it is tempting to point to economic and social disadvantages as the root cause of the recent unrest in the United Kingdom, it is refreshing to find that part of Prime Minister David Cameron’s assessment is moral turpitude. In addressing the nation, he said that the “slow-motion moral collapse” of the youth is due to the unwillingness “for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong. We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said, about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy.”
In the News
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August 22nd, 2011
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August 22nd, 2011A 12-year schoolboy is celebrating after being crowned Britain's youngest drag queen.
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August 22nd, 2011An advocacy organization is calling for action from the international community in response to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia.
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August 22nd, 2011Restrictions on paedophiles using the internet and seeing their own children have been torn up after judges ruled their human rights are more important.
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August 22nd, 2011Muslim groups are calling for a separate student loan system because the interest due to be charged will conflict with rules of Sharia law.
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August 22nd, 2011IN Britain, Maryam Namazie's campaign against sharia law has earned her plenty of hate mail.
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August 22nd, 2011Islamic extremists are stepping up the creation of "no-go" areas in European cities that are off-limits to non-Muslims.
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August 22nd, 2011A Pakistani Christian man was beaten unconscious by a gang of Muslim extremists for joining in the celebrations on the country’s Independence Day.
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August 22nd, 2011Happily married people who undergo major heart surgery are three times more likely to survive than those who are unmarried, according to a new study.
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August 22nd, 2011Public officials—especially the President—are obligated to protect the intrinsic equal dignity of all human beings, regardless not only of sex and race, but also without regard to age, size, condition of dependency, vulnerability, or the esteem of others. Abortion and embryo-destructive research are profound and lethal violations of this principle of equality to which the law (and the President) must respond.