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Ken Connor - who has written 21 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Planned Parenthood: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Posted on 07 November 2009

“The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” -Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

“[Our goal is] to be ready as educators and parents to help young people obtain sex…

End of Life Care Should Not End Life

Posted on 02 November 2009

The subject of how best to honor and care for those facing death due to terminal illness or old age has always been controversial. As talk of “death panels” and “rationing” stirs debate over the government’s proper role in health…

Welcome to the School of Social Engineering

Posted on 19 October 2009

In the wake of the controversial dismissal of Green Jobs Czar Van Jones, another of the President’s men has been attracting negative attention.

The President has chosen teacher and GLBT activist Kevin Jennings for advice and guidance on how best to…

Celebrity Justice in a Just Society

Posted on 12 October 2009

“The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.”
-Lady Marguerite Blessington

Cynics say the term “celebrity justice” is an oxymoron.  They point to the cases of O.J. Simpson and Michael…

The Time for Transparency Is Now

Posted on 05 October 2009

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty” -Thomas Jefferson.

The principle of “informed consent” is well established in American law and life.  Whether preparing to undergo surgery…

Pounding the Table: Health Care and the Race Card

Posted on 28 September 2009

There’s an old adage popular among lawyers: If your case is weak on the law, pound the facts.  If it’s weak on the facts, pound the law.  If your case is weak on the facts and the law, pound the…

Obamacare May Be Hazardous to the Unborn

Posted on 21 September 2009

President Obama attempted to allay the concerns of pro-life advocates last week by assuring Americans that federal funding for abortion will not be included in “his” health care reform plan.  Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius sought to…

Tort Reform: Remedy or Red Herring?

Posted on 12 September 2009

"In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality.  Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law."
Charles de Montesquieu

In the ongoing debate over health…

Blinded By the Light of Discovery

Posted on 05 September 2009

Sometimes fairy tales are better than non-fiction at communicating essential truths.  Anyone who has read Shakespeare or been transfixed by the tales of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis understands this well.

In Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie interpreting Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, viewers…

Something’s Got To Give

Posted on 31 August 2009

This has been the "Summer of the Senior" in America.

While the health care debate has raged, senior citizens have been front and center at town hall events, challenging their representatives to explain how Obamacare will affect Medicare and pressing them…

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