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Moral Traffic Jam
By Judie Brown Webster says a traffic jam is “a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly.” If we juxtapose moral principles—the Ten Commandments—with these impediments, we can look at today’s cultural chaos as the most severe traffic jam in human history. We live in an era when lawmakers feel compelled to propose limits on, instead of...
Red, Blue, and Dead All Over
By Judie Brown The left-leaning Daily Kos has reported that in “deep red” Arkansas pro-aborts have succeeded in placing abortion on the upcoming ballot. If this is supposed to frighten those who took it for granted that Arkansas is a pro-life state, then let it be...
How Do I Love Thee, Abortion?
By Judie Brown “How do I Love Thee?” the title of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beloved poem, asks a crucial question. So devoted to the love of her life was she that Browning penned words to express that love. But in the case of those who apparently are devoted to...
Ending Abortion Requires Spiritual Action
By Judie Brown Debates often cause us to think more seriously about what is at stake, especially when it involves the fate of the nation where we live. So when we watched the presidential debate last week, it occurred to some of us at least that we watched two angry...
Aping Clintonianism
By Judie Brown Recalling the William Jefferson Clinton statement that abortion should be “safe and legal, but rare,” we are constantly reminded that when it comes to politics, not much ever changes. In recent days, many of those striving to have a political effect on...
Anger, Hatred, and Murder
By Judie Brown In Canada, the parents of a deceased woman are suing the hospital because, they allege, their daughter’s right to request her death at the hands of hospital employees was violated. The Catholic St. Paul’s hospital chose to transfer its patient rather...
The Unworthy Receive Christ
By Judie Brown Like the centurion in Matthew 8:13, we say, Lord, “I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured.” Each person who approaches the Eucharist with this prayer in her heart is someone who truly understands,...