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August 2009

August 04, 2009

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June 2009

June 24, 2009

The benefits of being a single mom.

The marriage debate continues...it's not just about same-sex couples. It's about whether people, especially women,...

June 19, 2009

President Obama Promotes Fatherhood

While I am at odds with certain policy positions of the President, especially those relating...

June 17, 2009

Is there anyone out there besides me?

'The NYT recently ran a piece about a grad student's decision to have an abortion....

June 12, 2009

Getting Back To Nature

Professor Janet Smith has a new piece in Our Sunday Visitor discussing the always sensitive...

June 12, 2009

Dirty Old Man?

It's no secret that comedian David Letterman has a political bias towards the left. Yet,...

June 04, 2009

Walking Between Raindrops

How do you build relationships between cultures that have traditionally been opposed to each other?...

June 03, 2009

Bad idea. Bad timing.

Not only was Dr. Tiller's murder unequivocally wrong, it may even set back the pro-life...

June 01, 2009

This & That

'I've come across a few articles relating to the death of Dr. Tiller, the nomination...

May 2009

May 22, 2009

Dr. Tiller

Dr. George Tiller, a well known abortion provider in Kansas, was brutally murdered on Sunday....

May 22, 2009

L’Osservatore Romano – Vatican Mouthpiece Or Not?

There's been a lot of very understandable confusion surrounding an editorial by the Vatican newspaper...

May 15, 2009

The Wrap On ND

So President Obama delivered the commencement address at Notre Dame and was honored with an...

May 01, 2009

Moderate rhetoric, hard-left policies.

Despite claims that abortion is above his "pay grade," the President has made abortion a...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

President Obama’s Catholic Problem

In case you've been asleep or blissfully unaware, we have a newsflash. President Obama has...

April 27, 2009

A question for Fr. Jenkins

The situation surrounding Notre Dame's honoring of President Obama gets more and more interesting. The...

April 24, 2009

Brava, Prof. Mary Ann Glendon!

For some time, many people have been wondering just what Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann...

April 23, 2009

Secretary Clinton, Margaret Sanger, and facts (those silly little details)

The Secretary of State was recently praising one of her personal heroes, Margaret Sanger, but...

April 22, 2009

Maybe this will help explain President Obama’s Catholic problem

While the President is pondering the pain that terrorists feel during interrogation, he seems completely...

April 22, 2009

FDA to approve ‘morning after pill’ for 17-year-olds

So, according to the FDA, it's all right for 17-year-olds to take the 'morning after...

April 16, 2009

Archbishop Dolan and the sanctity of human life

Some people are afraid to talk about the Catholic Church's core teachings, especially those relating...

April 16, 2009

Witness for Life at Notre Dame & in LA

As with all bad situations, good can surface. While the official Notre Dame is struggling...

April 16, 2009

Porn. The new tobacco?

I know. You're wondering what porn and tobacco have to do with each other especially...

April 09, 2009

R.I.P. Dr. Tom Dillon

Dr. Tom Dillon president of Thomas Aquinas College was killed in a car accident in...

March 2009

March 24, 2009

Make your voice heard

If you want to save Catholic healthcare, act now. Today! The Obama administration recently announced...

February 2009

February 18, 2009

Denying a holocaust

It seems to be the trendy thing to do. One the one hand, we have...

February 12, 2009

Notre Dame & Its Catholic Identity

Well, it appears that Notre Dame University is still somewhat confused about its Catholic identity....

February 12, 2009

Notre Dame & Its Catholic Identity

Well, it appears that Notre Dame University is still somewhat confused about its Catholic identity....

February 11, 2009

Life

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had a meeting on Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI....

February 10, 2009

The octuplets: difficult situation. Bad law?

Well, if you've been vacationing on Mars, you may have missed the story about the...

February 10, 2009

The octuplets: difficult situation. Bad law?

Well, if you've been vacationing on Mars, you may have missed the story about the...