What Colin Powell Didn’t Say

Sunday, October 19 brought a huge surprise from retired Army General Colin Powell. General Powell publicly endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president.
America trusts Colin Powell. He was Secretary of State under George W. Bush from 2001 through 2005, and… Read More

Myth Busting by Sarah Palin

The Republican Party is just a bunch of angry old men.
One look at the fresh, cheery face of Sarah Palin puts this myth to rest permanently.
Republicans hate women.
Have you seen how Republicans, young and old, male and… Read More

Reflections on Putting Noelle to Sleep

My moral repugnance toward euthanasia goes back a very long way. In 1967, at the young age of twelve, an insight hit me: "I don't think that people should put their dogs to sleep. If they think that's OK, some… Read More

Jumping Over the Hedge: Going a Da Vinci Boycott One Better

“SEEK THE TRUTH,” says Sony’s trailer for The Da Vinci Code. “The Da Vinci Code describes history as I have come to understand it,” says author Dan Brown. “I left the Catholic Church, and now that I’ve read The Da… Read More

An Open Letter to Terri

Dearest Terri, How can it be? How can I have loved you so much without ever having met you? How can my country have abandoned you and starved you to death? How can it be?
I first heard of you… Read More

Dealers of Death

The story of Terri Schindler-Schiavo will break your heart. This poor woman collapsed in her Florida home some thirteen years ago and suffered severe brain damage. Ten years ago, a medical malpractice case awarded $750,000 for her rehabilitation. But her… Read More

Religious Liberty For One, For All

A disabled woman lies in bed in Florida. She is unable to speak beyond a most rudimentary level. Florida courts have decided that comments she allegedly made in her early twenties are compelling enough that she should be starved and… Read More

Wayne Dyer’s Intentions: Beware Little Twists

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me bring your love.
The Power of Intentional Deceit
We all know what comes next: “Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord / And where there’s doubt, true… Read More

The Pitfalls of Sex Education

We faced a lot of unforeseen issues when we decided that the best choice for our third child was public high school.
Not Like the “Good Old Days”
A history teacher made snide remarks about the Pope and his “buddy”… Read More

Book Review: Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer

Many are the theological issues that separate Catholics from Protestants. Purgatory, Mary, the Eucharist: issues like these cause distress to Protestants who believe that Catholics have added “traditions of men” to the “pure and simple” Gospel.
One issue on which… Read More

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