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Church Wins Zoning Appeal; City Surrenders
[Thursday], the Becket Fund and a Christian church in Texas scored a huge victory for religious freedom. After five…
Monthly Archives: May, 2012
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Poem: “The Three Oddest Words”
The Three Oddest Words When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I…
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Big Abortion’s Evolving Profit Structure and the U.S. Health Care Reform Package
In the mid-’90s, the abortion industry in the United States realized it was facing an existential threat — the population…
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“Pro Multis”
“Qui pro vobis et pro multis effundetur.” —The words of the consecration of the wine in the Mass, meaning literally…
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Book Review: Suicide of a Superpower
I was nearing the close of Pat Buchanan’s new book Suicide of a Superpower (St. Martin’s Press) when I read…
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Dan Savage: Bully
They used to arrest middle-aged perverts who get their jollies from talking dirty to children. Today, they get a television…
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Calling People “Vegetables”: Where Did it Come From?
The term “vegetative state” became popular at the “birth” of bioethics (1978 Belmont Report). It is traced to the “delayed…
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The Vow: A Story of True Love
About a month ago, I went to see the movie The Vow fully prepared for it to be an overall…
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Precious Stones and Stars in the Sky: Glimpses of the New Jerusalem
The High Priest of Israel entered into the holiest recesses of the Temple while wearing a breastplate (Hebrew “choshen”) adorned with precious…
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The Herx Case: Is it About God’s Law or Politics?
Recently, Emily Herx, a teacher in a Catholic school, announced to the nation through major media outlets that she had…