1. If Newt’s victory in SC is big, it won’t be, at this point, shockingly big. 2. Let’s face it: Romney has real issues when it comes to actually getting votes. 3. And let’s face it: Newt will implode again. 4. It’s amazing how many people have emailed me to lecture me . . . . Continue Reading »
I like Anne Conlon, managing editor of the Human Life Review. I have known her for, gosh, more than 15 years now, having often been published in the journal, and was honored when the Human Life Foundation named me—along with my mentor in this work, Rita . . . . Continue Reading »
The media is justly celebrating the release from the hospital of a baby born prematurely at 24 weeks, named Melinda Star Guido. From the CBS story:At birth, Melinda Star Guido weighed less than a can of soda - only 9 1/2 ounces. After spending close to the first five months of her life at the . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Doerflinger, the USCCB’s great legislative ace, offers a sobering addendum in the comments to Matt Franck’s post: One small cavil: The contraceptive mandate policy will not be deferred a year. It will apply this year, as originally planned, to the vast majority of . . . . Continue Reading »
With exquisite timing—two days before the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade , and three days before the March for Life descends on Washington—the Obama administration’s secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has released a long-awaited statement confirming her . . . . Continue Reading »
This article describes a relatively new phenomenon in Europe—people seeking either formally or informally to renounce their ties to the religion in which they were baptized. In some cases, the issue is getting removed from the state’s rolls that determine whose tax money goes . . . . Continue Reading »
It is hard to find a more pro choice country than Canada, particularly among the country’s medical establishment. But apparently sex selection abortions are becoming a “problem,” and so the Canada Medical Association Journal wants to outlaw telling a mother the sex of her . . . . Continue Reading »
Polish Pop Star Gets Bible Fine Scott Maniquet, National Post Religion Is Divisive and Conservative—-and A Very Good Thing Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Huffington Post Europeans Opt for De-baptism Elizabeth Bryan, Religion News Service Why Tibetan Monks are Setting Themselves on Fire Lois . . . . Continue Reading »
A reader of the New York Times’ Ethicist column asks if she needs to inform her fiancé about her egg donation: As a very broke and self-supporting 20-year-old college senior, I donated my eggs in exchange for money. It was a horrendous experience, and I rarely speak about it. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Songbook has been a heavily 60s affair so far, with occasional forays into the 70s and 80s. Why the neglect of the 90s and the aughties? Well, I hold that 60s rock set the basic patterns of the ongoing rock sound and attitude; and that while these patterns get some major adjustments in the late . . . . Continue Reading »
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