Health & Spirituality

“Is Traditional Marriage Toast?” That question recently caught my attention as the heading of an article in the neo-conservative Weekly Standard. The answer was either “very possibly” (a subhead attached to the piece) or “probably not” (an objective reading would…

Obamacare’s so-called “contraceptive mandate” has been much in the news. But much of what the administration calls “contraception” is actually abortion.
Take the copper IUD, for example. It is advertised as a contraceptive device, but even the New York Times,…

Running the Race

by Cate Roberts on April 19, 2013 · 1 comment

Boston felt so personal.
There was a time when I loathed running. As a teenager, we were forced to run every day during off-season at school. The athletics girls were turned loose on the green belts behind our school, and…

Another chapter in the convoluted history of Plan B in the United States: a federal judge has ordered the US Food and Drug Administration to make the “morning after” pill available to girls under 17 without a prescription.
It is…

Undoing Our Addictions During Lent

by Sarah Babbs March 13, 2013

I weigh less now, at 29 years old, than I did in 7th grade, when my nickname was “Sarah the Whale”. My weight has been a battle for most of my life. I was a cute, chubby kid when I…

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How to Keep a Good Lent

by Dr. Ryan N.S. Topping February 27, 2013

The beauty of ritual is that it breaks up the monotony of change.  Every year it’s the same question: what are you giving up for Lent? Around Ash Wednesday, in pious circles at least, fasting ideas are traded like baseball…

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This Sunday’s Gospel : The Transfiguration and the Cross

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. February 8, 2013

Appearances can be deceiving.  After all, Jesus was just another Galilean.  His hands were the rough hands of a workman.  People in Nazareth knew his mother.  Some even remembered the man they thought was his dad.
Yet when Jesus went…

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Seven Million to be Thrown Off Health Plans

by Keith Koffler February 7, 2013

Remember when Obama promised that under his health scheme you could keep your health insurance and your doctor?

Well forget it. You can’t necessarily keep your insurance or your doctor. Period.
The Congressional Budget Office now says that, because of…

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Better Living Through Chemistry?

by Michael Cook February 7, 2013

“What a wonderful world,” sang Louis Armstrong. But how can we make sure that as many people as possible follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale and Mahatma Gandhi, spreading empathy and fairness wherever they go?
One way that is…

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Rumor Has It: the Poison of Gossip

by Rebecca Smith February 5, 2013

The habit of gossiping is one that is entirely destructive, and can be likened to an addiction to smoking cigarettes, easy to catch and difficult to get rid of. Both gossiping and smoking provide opportunities to superficially meet and bond…

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