I keep warning that the “nature rights” movement is taking off and nobody takes notice. Santa Monica has now enacted a resolution declaring, in essence, that “nature” has a right to life. From the Santa Monica Lookout story:Santa Monica’s City Council voted . . . . Continue Reading »
I stick by my contention that Gingrich lost the Monday debate. Alongside my impressions, I see that: 1. Gingrich is talking like a loser. I’ve seen him talk about the debate by a) Whining that the media didn’t let the crowd applaud. I guess he isn’t such a . . . . Continue Reading »
Here in New Jersey where I live and work, the state legislature, controlled by Democrats, has put same-sex marriage at the top of its agenda. We already have same-sex civil unions, thanks to a legislative response to an activist state supreme court ruling several years ago. Governor . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher has a interesting and fairly extensive analysis of an important article at the Wall Street Journal by Charles Murray, introducing his new book Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 . The results of Murray’s diagnosis show that America is a cultural Third World . . . . Continue Reading »
I first became aware of the Catholic hospital chain called Catholic Health Care West during the Robert Wendland case, with which I was very closely involved both as a policy advocate, and later as a lawyer filing amicus briefs in the California Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Wendland was . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on child sacrifice in 21st century America : It was supposed to be a country in which women were liberated; it became a country in which women were ever more the victims of predatory and sexually irresponsible men, left alone with their “rights” to find a technological . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Rahe is talking sense over at Ricochet , connecting a couple recent Obamacare dots. He lays out the case against Romney, AND the only way Romney can defend himself, quite well. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Of course, Pete is right that any decent Republican now votes for either ROMNEY or SANTORUM. In Florida? Well, it’s winner-take- all and the race remains close (in one poll today a tie). So vote for ROMNEY. On the other hand: If Santorum does very poorly his funding dries up, and he may . . . . Continue Reading »
Today marks the end of the annual octave of prayer for Christian unity. Blessed John Henry Newman, the great English convert, helped and continues to help many Christians enter into full communion with Rome. But did he actually pray for Christian unity? Initially, it was another Anglican convert to . . . . Continue Reading »
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