With the birth of the world’s seven billionth person on October 31 (or thereabouts), the ongoing rumble about overpopulation rose an octave higher than usual. A group called the Center for Biological Diversity launched an “ awareness campaign ” linking contraceptive use to . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , George Weigel offers suggestions on how to break bad liturgical habits: The long-awaited introduction of the new translation of the Roman Missal on Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent, offers the Church in the Anglophere an opportunity to reflect on the riches . . . . Continue Reading »
Next week, Mississippi voters will decide whether to convey legal personhood on human beings from inception of the embryo after the completion of fertilization. From the NPR story:Next week Mississippi voters will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment that redefines a person. Under . . . . Continue Reading »
It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion. So how did we add 6 billion people in 200 years? . . . . Continue Reading »
Call your congressman today and tell him the most needed legislation in America is a symbolic resolution denouncing idiotic symbolic resolutions. Like this one : Republicans in the US House of Representatives called a vote on Tuesday to reaffirm ‘In God We Trust’ as the national motto. . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t bring guns to Church, Wisconsin bishops say Reuters , John Rondy One More Reason the Reformation Still Isn’t Over DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed , Kevin DeYoung Mississippi takes on abortion issue with Nov. 8 vote Washington Times , Wesley Pruden A Last Bastion of Civility, the . . . . Continue Reading »
The day I changed the name of this blog away from Secondhand . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the Obama Administration anti-Catholic or just inflexibly pro-abortion ? A contentious battle between Catholic groups and the Obama administration has flared in recent days, fueled by the new health care law and ongoing divisions over access to abortion and birth control. The latest dispute . . . . Continue Reading »
D.C. city councilman Harry Thomas Jr. knows where he stands . Ditto Jack Evans of Ward 2: “I don’t want to solve global warming . . . I just want bacon with my breakfast.” These are the same comedians who swapped interpretations of the Nativity story on the City Council . . . . Continue Reading »
Jeffrey Polet kicks back on his rocker, and proceeds to shred a whiny-but-poignant-sounding Atlantic article, about motherhood refused and about the true consequences of the sexual revolution denied, to pieces. In a gentlemanly way, of course. Not to be missed. . . . . Continue Reading »
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