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Lipstick on a Toxic Pig
By Judie Brown Historically, the term lipstick on a pig refers to making superficial changes to a product to make it more appealing, even though that thing is fundamentally subpar. This is a form of marketing deception, and it is a contradiction to the tenet that honesty is the best policy. But what about the cultural pig—a theory that is life-threatening, disease carrying, or otherwise harmful...
Bidenized Catholicism
By Judie Brown Last week’s inauguration and subsequent events have given the public a taste of what it means to betray Christ and His Church. Headlines such as “Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here’s What That Could Mean” and “Biden’s...
Anniversaries, Deaths, and Terror
By Judie Brown This past week has been a literal whirlwind of emotions, historic events, and sad realities. On Tuesday, we learned that our dear friend Joe Scheidler had died at the age of 93, having crammed at least five lifetimes of pro-life action and love into his...
Who Started the Violence?
By Judie Brown The January 6 events in our nation’s capital have provoked comments from nearly everyone, including those who claim that “pro-life terrorism” fueled the riots. As ridiculous as that may sound, we cannot overlook the fact that even Jesuit Fr. James...
Stigmatizing Planned Parenthood
By Judie Brown Alexis McGill Johnson, president/CEO of Planned Parenthood, recently told the Washington Post during an interview that though abortion is a “small part” of what PP does, it is a “critically important part of what we do.” She went on to say: “So I...
America’s Real Crisis
By Judie Brown The news media and many in the general population are immersed in the recent laments of fraud, impeachment, hate, and bodily safety. All of these are perhaps of some concern, but are they the real causes for what is ailing this nation? The simple answer...
Cheapening Real People
By Judie Brown Nathan Gray is an assistant professor of medicine and palliative care at Duke University who wrote a commentary on COVID-19 patients that reflects his distress that they are tethered to machines. Yet he presented this commentary in a comic book format....