Rod Dreher calls attention to an essay by Michael Brendan Dougherty , who asks pointed questions about the failure of the thirty-six year old pro-life movement to make any significant gains against a regime of unrestricted abortion. Dougherty’s essay strikes a long and resonant chord with me: . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s 1.1 times ten to the twelfth power, or 1,100,000,000,000. To put that in perspective, the Family Research Council has pulled out a calculator and crunched some numbers . With $1.1 trillion, the grand total so far of Obama’s stimulus plan, we could pave the entire US interstate . . . . Continue Reading »
Yet another media biggie has written an article about the crisis in newspapers—which is all too real—and missed a huge reason for the problem. There must be a template circulating for these kind of articles, because it reflects the media’s notorious “group-think” by . . . . Continue Reading »
Remember those atheist bus ads, the ones saying something to the effect of “There’s probably no God, now stop worrying and have a nice day”? Well now you can make your own . (via our managing editor of blessed memory on his Strange Herring blog) . . . . Continue Reading »
Zoe Lewis reflects today at the Times of London on her waning commitment to the feminist movement: I never thought I would be saying this, but being a free woman isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Is that the rustle of taffeta I hear as the suffragettes turn in their graves? Possibly. My . . . . Continue Reading »
At this morning’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama addressed the audience: “Far too often, we have seen faith wielded as a tool to divide us from one another—as an excuse for prejudice and intolerance,” President Obama says. “Wars have been waged. Innocents . . . . Continue Reading »
A dear friend of mine, Pastor Matt Hummel of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church here in Delaware, sent me this in response to my Green Guru posting : “Steve, You missed the most obvious solution to the issue! Cap and trade!” . . . . Continue Reading »
An article in yesterday’s Inside Higher Education discusses a new book by a Notre Dame anthropologist that explores the reasons for widespread plagiarism among today’s college students. In particular, its author recommends a departure from the prevailing system of detection and . . . . Continue Reading »
A San Francisco man named John West has alerted the media—in a book—that he helped his parents commit suicide. From the story: For attorney and author John West, his parents were lifelong sources of comfort, wisdom and pride. But West has been keeping a 10-year-old secret about his . . . . Continue Reading »
Sue Shellenbarger has an fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal today, where she suggests that more and more women want to become mothers sooner: For nearly 40 years, women have been delaying childbirth longer and longer, partly to launch careers. Now, this trend may be ending. For the . . . . Continue Reading »
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