The question of assisted suicide is complex and difficult and I do not propose to have a simple answer to it. However, I do feel it requires a more thoughtful (and humane) approach than this farrago by the Archbishop of York: Christians believe that their lives are given by God and that everyone has an [...]

Norm Geras, whom I usually rely on to write thoughtful exercises in clear thinking, has let me down by praising a review by Marilynne Robinson. It’s not that I disagree with the point that attracted Geras to the review in the first place. Robinson was reviewing Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion for Harper’s, and she [...]