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Politics of Appeasement

A few days ago I joined with several pro-life leaders in signing an ad that focused attention on Dr. James Dobson and other Christian leaders who had celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision in the Gonzales v. Carhart case.

Illinois Lawmakers Deceive

A bill that has just passed the Illinois state legislature and awaits the governor’s signature once again defies logic and deceives the public. Senate Bill 4 permits funding for human embryonic stem cell research and permits “therpaeutic cloning” while banning “reproductive cloning.”

Polling For Death

I continue to be amazed at how the media sets forth the results of various polls as some sort of moral barometer, or guide to how the rest of us should think.

The media and a hero

A recent story on St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke and his consistent defense of Catholic teaching exposes the difficulty many reporters have in seeing the difference between courage and controversy.

A tale of two bishops

While it is true that all Catholic bishops are shepherds of their flocks and successors to the Apostles, it baffles me that some bishops take strong stands on behalf of the faith, but others seek wiggle room and search for ways to compromise.

The personhood crisis

Not long ago, Maureen Downey wrote an article for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the subject of the Georgia pro-life movement’s new political goal

Learning To Count

On May 6 the Los Angeles Times published one of the most devastating [for me, not the writer] columns that I have seen in quite a while.

Death across America

On the evening news this week, reports came from Iraq, where the reporters took pains to point out that 3,377 Americans have died since the beginning of the war. Almost every state in the union has lost sons or daughters in the war.