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July 2008

July 31, 2008

Abortion, abortion, abortion

'The topic continues to be a hot button issue in the US as recently evidenced...

July 30, 2008

Girrrrl power in the best sense

Feminism talks a lot about empowering women, but here's a great example of real feminism,...

July 29, 2008

A healthy sense of shame

The walk of shame. It's an expression that most of us have heard and it's...

July 29, 2008

Blind to the obvious

In this provocative op-ed for the NYT, John Miller, former State Department ambassador, goes after...

July 29, 2008

Humanae Vitae – Still Truckin: 40 Years Later

Humanae Vitae, the encyclical of the Catholic Church known more for it's opposition to contraception...

July 29, 2008

Push – to gift or not?

Recently I was interviewed for this piece in the Washington Times on the topic of...

July 29, 2008

I owe somebody some Botox…

'I got married not so long ago, but it seems like I missed out on...

July 29, 2008

Challenging the NAACP

'Blacks make up about 13 percent of the US population, but they account for about...

July 29, 2008

Moving back toward the fold

This recent article by Paul Kengor suggests that the Methodist Church might be coming back,...

July 21, 2008

Frozen better than fresh

Clearly, we're not talking about food. We're talking about human embryos. Well, some people are....

July 21, 2008

It’s all moms fault

Here's a new twist on demographic issues. Russell Shorto, an experienced and well published author,...

July 21, 2008

The Myths Of Feminism…again

Yet again, a story of the failings of feminism. This time, it's told by the...

June 2008

June 04, 2008

How generous of China….

'The recent earthquake in China has prompted some unexpected "generosity" on the part of the...

May 2008

May 29, 2008

Sex & The City

With all the buzz about the new Sex and the City movie, it's important to...

May 01, 2008

Prominent Catholic Pols & Communion

[Archbishop Naumann weighs in and reminds Gov. Sebelius of her responsibilities as a Catholic pol....

April 2008

April 11, 2008

How much is that baby in the window?

'There have been a lot of recent articles on the expanding market for surrogate mothers,...

April 10, 2008

So sad. Too bad. Buh-Bye.

'The pundits, politicians, and newspapers are good at pointing out all the bad news. Heck,...

April 09, 2008

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Believe it or not, I was just wondering who will be cooking for the Pope...

April 04, 2008

Dr. Pia Live During The Papal Visit

'I'll be doing live coverage for Sirius Satellite's Cathoic Channel during the papal visit. If...

April 01, 2008

God and man (and woman) at Yale, I mean Harvard.

Turns out that it's the religious types that are raising a voice for doing things...

March 2008

March 06, 2008

It ain’t rocket science

'I've often thought it'd be great to have just a fraction of the money that...

February 2008

February 19, 2008

Gimme, Gimme

When we go about having children the way we order a customized car, design a...

February 18, 2008

Truth Can Be Ugly

As most US citizens know, the abortion debate is not over. It rages on. I've...

January 2008

January 22, 2008

…we’re all survivors of abortion

'35 years after Roe v. Wade and abortion is still not settled in this country....

January 17, 2008

Rapid Response

'The recent protests of Pope Benedict's planned address to the Roman university La Sapienza demonstrate,...

December 2007

December 30, 2007

Saving Sex City

Is Jesus on the streets of Las Vegas? Most people who've been to Vegas haven't...

December 14, 2007

In the Christmas Spirit

In the spirit of the season which celebrates the birth of the Savior for whom...

December 07, 2007

We are fa-mi-ly….

'We hear a lot about the demise of the family, about the role of the...

December 05, 2007

A fine line between traditional and simply tacky.

Many cultures have customs where the father gives the mother of his child a gift...

December 05, 2007

It all went down hill with the Spice Girls.

'Author and playwright Fay Weldon - sometimes described as a feminist - has an interesting...