In today’s New York Times , we read: ” Obama’s View on Abortion May Divide Catholics “: Sixteen years ago, the Democratic Party refused to allow Robert P. Casey Sr., then the governor of Pennsylvania, to speak at its national convention because his anti-abortion views, . . . . Continue Reading »
Here at the office we just received an advance copy of the upcoming Salt + Light Television production entitled, Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan . The cardinal’s life was a powerful testimony to faith and fidelity, and now a larger audience will get the chance . . . . Continue Reading »
You never know what treasures you’re going to find in the First Things archives. In this case, it was a symposium on “The Ethics of Everyday Life” from the ancient days of 1995. The stakes were not as high nor the tensions as great as for other FT symposiums , but still the . . . . Continue Reading »
Even pigs seem to understand that meat is not . . . . Continue Reading »
Philip Nitschke is a hero of the assisted suicide movement and a strident advocate for unlimited suicide on demand. (All of you culture of death fans out there, don’t deny it: He’s always a star attraction at euthanasia conventions.) Toward that end, he spends his days creating suicide . . . . Continue Reading »
Back home in New York, after a month out in the Black Hills of South Dakota, this oldie but goodie came to mind: Paul Goodman, “The Lordly Hudson” “Driver, what stream is it?” I asked, well knowing it was our lordly Hudson hardly flowing. “It is our lordly Hudson . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the most courageous and dedicated legislators I have ever met is Mary Pilcher Cook of Kansas. Mary came to my attention several years ago, when as a freshman in the Kansas House, she asked me out to testify in favor of a proposed cloning ban. (Through a lot of grit and persuasion, she got it . . . . Continue Reading »
“I think of this as similar to my yoga class, only much, much more satisfying,” business executive Gary Goldstein told the New York Times . He’s one of a number of Jewish New Yorkers considered to be “very significant people” who enjoys periodic visits from a rabbi . . . . Continue Reading »
The guts of the California back door assisted suicide bill, AB 2747, have been stripped from the bill, but it still has objectionable elements. The largest Latino civil rights organization has noticed and—true to its anti-euthanasia/assisted suicide values—has formally come out in . . . . Continue Reading »
In the spirit of today’s feast, some words from Benedict XVI, in an Angelus address on March 13th, 2006: When one has the grace to sense a strong experience of God, it is as though seeing something similar to what the disciples experienced during the Transfiguration: For a moment they . . . . Continue Reading »
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