To know and be known

May 6, 2008 By

Video Via Deacon Greg. I read of a couple who chose to deliver a baby that every doctor said they should abort, because the baby would likely never live outside the womb. They had the baby – they gave him life, named him, blessed him, held and kissed and loved him for the 45 minutes [...]

Filed Under: Culture of Life/Death, Euthanasia, Faith, Feminism, Medical, Parenting, Prayer

Failing to love is killing Europe

March 13, 2008 By

Over at the Corner, they’re quoting Bruce Thornton: [Europe is not reproducing because] “children are expensive. They require you to sacrifice your time and your interests and your own comfort. If your highest good is pleasure, if your highest good is a sophisticated life, then children get in the way. Why would you spend so [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Euthanasia, Faith, Parenting, Socialism doesn't work, Touch of evil

Clintons and the Christians third party gambit – UPDATED

October 1, 2007 By

[Jesus] then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank [...]

Filed Under: America, Culture of Life/Death, Election 2008, Euthanasia, Faith

Mass Euthanasia in Britain?

April 10, 2005 By

A charge has been made that 11 men of varying ages, (none under 65) had their deaths helped along by being undernourished. A CORONER is demanding a public inquiry into claims that 11 hospital patients were deliberately starved to death. He believes that it could be Britain’s first case of forced “mass euthanasia”. Peter Ashworth, [...]

Filed Under: Culture of Life/Death, Euthanasia

Starving Grandma, Intelligent Design and a few other links

April 8, 2005 By

A little tired from what seems like weeks on incessant blogging, and we may be gearing up for another big week if this story continues to develop. Should be interesting. Terri Schiavo was allowed to be dehydrated and starved to death because her husband remembered, 6 or 7 years on that, “oh, yeah…she didn’t want [...]

Filed Under: Euthanasia

Joe Marshall has completed his interview

March 5, 2005 By

Amusingly, Joe has (as I knew he would) taken my questions to him to be somewhat revealing of myself. The only thing I was trying to reveal by my questions is that I resist intimacy and never pry too deeply into anyone’s personal life! Arms length is just fine by me. You can read his [...]

Filed Under: Blogs and Blogging, Bush Good, Charitable Stuff, Culture of Life/Death, Don't try me too high, Euthanasia, It's all about me! Me! ME!, rants, Socialism doesn't work, The Perpetual Adolescents

In the Spirit of Christmas: A Letter to Maureen Dowd

December 6, 2004 By

Dear Ms. Dowd; I have just finished reading your sad and unfunny column from yesterday’s NY Times. While I don’t normally read yesterday’s news, my time has been so taken up with another issue that I was (quite unusually) glad to happen upon your writing, even a day late. You would, of course, have no [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Dowd, Euthanasia, Faith, Feminism, Here and Queer, Medical, My brother S, Prayer