American assisted suicide advocates engage in a great pretense—abetted by the media who willingly suspend their disbelief—that assisted suicide is to be very limited, a last ditch safety valve for the terminally ill for whom nothing else can be done to relieve suffering. That it . . . . Continue Reading »
The hard-core folks here on the blog may end up critical of me, but I do not see Catholicism as an illegitimate faith. Nor do I believe they possess a false gospel.My attitude is pretty well summed up by something the pastor of my parents’ church in Decatur, Alabama said when Pope John . . . . Continue Reading »
Advertising for abortion facilities may soon be coming to the UK: In Great Britain, the Committee of Advertising Practice and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice have embarked on a 12-week consultation to determine whether abortion facilities should be allowed to advertise on . . . . Continue Reading »
Thirteen years ago, while serving as a Marine Corps recruiter in Washington State, I learned a startling secret about the future of our national defense: the younger generations are completely unqualified for military service. Almost three-quarters of America’s youth were too dumb, too . . . . Continue Reading »
When I open up my web browser on my computer each day, I always go first to a news sitejust to see if anything is on fire, so to speak. For a couple years now, that site has been CNN.com , not because I thought the people there had particularly good news sense, but just because the print . . . . Continue Reading »
On a day when traditional marriage won Maine, I go to the Atlantic and read people arguing that social issues are sinking the GOP in the Northeast. One commenter said:“I don’t see how the GOP gets out of its current position of being a pointless rump, a discredited regional party . . . . Continue Reading »
Some people say, “I’ll use any stick to beat a dog,” but they better not mean it. A stick of dynamite, for example, would harm the one doing the beating as well as the dog.Most Evangelical Christian school history text books or homeschool materials are written from a very . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, that faith/works discussion seemed to steer away from rancor and defenestration and held nothing but honest discussion. So ... why not touch on other Catholic/Protestant cans o’ worms? After all this is an evanglical blog hosted on a Catholic site. If this is not a place to discuss the . . . . Continue Reading »
“I dont know what they teach these kids at Harvard, said retired New York deputy fire chief, Jim Riches . That, according to the Crimson , in response to the arrest of a young man who graduated from Harvard’s law school last springBrian Schroeder, who has been accused . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a box to check at the bottom of the commenting box to indicate that you want to receive notifications by email whenever anyone comments on a post. I’ve been checking that box when I leave comments. I haven’t received one notification from this site. I even checked my spam . . . . Continue Reading »