The House of Representatives voted to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the point at which fetuses can reportedly feel pain. It won’t survive the Senate or a presidential veto threat, but it’s the biggest restriction on abortion that ever passed Congress since Roe
Summertime, and the living is easy. A perfect time for reading. It’s about time for me to reload my Kindle. I have Lars Walker’s new novel, Hailstone Mountain, which I’m looking forward to reading, but that won’t get me through the summer. What books would
I’ve always wondered what is particularly “liberal” or even “left wing” about abortion, given that liberals and leftists generally present themselves as champions of the weak and the marginalized. No one is as weak and marginalized as an unborn child. Dale O’Leary, at the Catholic
It isn’t just that we are intervening on behalf of the rebels in Syria by providing weapons. We are intervening on behalf of a specific faction of rebels, with various Arab states supporting the other faction. Since you can’t tell the players without a program,
The sermon last Sunday was about Nathan’s preaching to King David about his sin with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 12. Some striking insights about the role of the “sword” never departing from his house in keeping David (and us) faithful and about David’s other child,
At least in deer mice. Scientists have known that motherhood makes the female rodents smarter, better foragers, braver, and more level-headed. A researcher has found the same effect in father mice. In fact, something similar happens when male mice are exposed to baby mice, even
The Constitution limits the federal government’s power, but it does give Congress the power to levy taxes. So Congress has historically used its taxing authority to pre-empt state laws and to exercise control over its citizens’ behavior. George Will discusses an essay by David B.
The states are starting to set up their insurance exchanges, so we are getting some idea of how much the required policies will cost and what their benefits will be. There will be four levels of coverage: platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. In California, the
Critics are torn over Man of Steel, the new Superman movie, though the general public likes it a lot, enough to set a record for a June opening. This time I agree with the general public. The movie is pro-life, anti-Nietzschean, pro-Kansas, pro-church (Superman goes
President Obama said that since Syria’s ruler, Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons against those rebelling against his regime, the United States will send weapons to help the rebels. Though sending ground-troops is not being considered, officials are reportedly considering implementing a no-fly zone, using American
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