Reasonable people — “moderates” — who truly thought that abortion was a horrible crime, were persuaded by Sanger’s logic. Thirty years ago, the “moderates” accepted Roe v. Wade’s fictional discovery of a constitutional right to abortion because they were persuaded that if abortion was legal we could better regulate and limit this horrible “procedure.” Such
The urgent task of the moment is not the stance of the pro-life community vis-a-vis President Bush, nor any judgment, hostile or friendly, of his statesmanship or capacity. The crisis is among ourselves. Can we, the pro-life community, remember, cling to and coherently present our principles and our arguments, or will we lapse into somnambulism?
(This column courtesy of Agape Press.) Yet however happy we are that these men face justice, the question no one is asking is whose justice they should face, or what value “international justice” has at all. The whole notion is not only a farce, but also a dangerous precedent vis-a-vis American sovereignty. Krstic's genocide “trial”
The Buffalo News reported on July 20, 2001, that a Catholic group wants to build a $100 million pro-life shrine with a towering golden arch dedicated to the Blessed Mother on the Lake Erie shore in Buffalo's outer harbor area. The project has drawn wide support from the national Catholic leaders of the pro-life movement,
(This article courtesy of the Arlington Catholic Herald.) Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Part 1 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Part 2 As such, this gift is a special illumination, which enables the person to realize the emptiness of created things in themselves so that they do not become roadblocks to union with God. At
The Radical Professor Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left, and the Leftover Left, by Ronald Radosh (Encounter, 216 pp., $24.95) In his memoir Commies, historian Ronald Radosh recounts his life's journey from left to right. The book begins when baby Ronald, one and a half years old, was “bundled in a
Inter-Faithless Marriages Melissa Seckora: What was your reaction to the latest daycare study, the one that found that kids who are not raised by their mothers are basically argumentative attention seekers with explosive behavior? Dr. Laura Schlessinger: In my book, Stupid Things Parents to do to Mess Up Their Kids, I had already dealt with
I knew little about Percy, except that he was Southern and Catholic, and that a good friend of mine believed he was “required reading.” As I read The Moviegoer two things immediately impressed me: the beauty of his writing and the spiritual longing which permeates the book. Soon afterward I began reading Signposts in a
This predilection for applause from peers helps to explain Hollywood’s odd addiction to R-rated material — despite abundant evidence that aiming at restricted, adults-only audiences works against the industry’s obvious self-interest. Nearly 10 years ago, I began arguing against the conventional wisdom that suggested that big studios emphasized graphic sex and violence in order to
An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw (Random House, 208 pp., $23.96) War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from America's Wars, by Andrew Carroll (Scribner, 464 pp., $22.40) Heroism and Heartache This month sees the release of Brokaw's An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation. With this effort,
Eric Clapton: “Reptile” (Reprise Records) Eric Clapton's latest album, Reptile, is neither cold nor scaly, but a thing of profound warmth and beauty. The word “lovely” best describes this recording. While that may sound like faint phrase, it is an accurate accolade for an album whose every moment exudes the grace and serenity that evidently
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