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Re: Abortion and the Academy

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Oh, and Nathaniel , if you think Canada is bad, did you see what’s up at Yale? Here’s a bit from Michael Gerson’s column in yesterday’s Washington Post : The American kickoff of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation last week unintentionally revealed the mountain of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Rare Achievement of Disagreement

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Look, when we think about ending an early human life, this is something that is really bad for the embryo or early fetus that dies, it’s losing out tremendously—I agree with that as I already said. And then you said that it’s one of the things that we should care about. And, um, I think . . . . Continue Reading »

“Stuff Christians Like”

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A knock-off on “Stuff White People Like” but this is pretty funny: http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/ Some highlights: http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2008/04/189-gdtr.html http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2008/04/187-leaving-room-for-holy-spirit-when.html . . . . Continue Reading »

Obama and the Catholics

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The blogosphere and op/ed pages have been abuzz the past few days discussing Obama and the Catholics, especially after Hilary Clinton took 70% of the Catholic voters in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary. One of the key issues that has come up again and again has been abortion, on the assumption . . . . Continue Reading »

The Mayor and the Cardinal

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Bob Novak chastised the archbishops of Washington and New York in his Washington Post column today . Novak argued that the bishops invited pro-abort politicians to attend the Papal Mass, which implicitly included a welcome to the communion rail. And in doing so they had subverted Benedict’s . . . . Continue Reading »

The Reign in Spain Is Still a Pain

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Michael Fragoso, policy analyst at Family Research Council, sends along the following: The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) was victorious in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Although the center-right People’s Party (PP) made some isolated gains and the PSOE again failed to win an . . . . Continue Reading »

Reproduction and Public Discourse

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Benedict XVI recently asked the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to turn its attention to the ethical challenges that new biotechnologies pose. Aware that the Church “cannot and should not intervene on every scientific innovation,” the pope charged the congregation with . . . . Continue Reading »