So says “The Washington Post.” From Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End: President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the “war on
Here are this year’s Oscar nominations. You can click for the complete list, but here are the big ones: 1. Best Picture: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.” 2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Sean Penn,
New York governor David Paterson has appointed state congresswoman <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stsena0124,0,6143131.story" Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s senate seat. Caroline Kennedy, who had seemed the most likely pick, withdrew her name after facing much criticism. Speaking of which, we have never really
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Today is the opposite of a holiday; it is an unholy-day. But we need to mark this day nonetheless.
Can anyone deny these words from Mother Teresa? “America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has
I know the usual arguments–that women should have the right to control their own bodies and no government should be able to force them to keep their babies, etc.–but these are not LIBERAL arguments, as such. It would make sense for an Ayn Rand, laissez
Relevant to the topic above, Al Mohler reminds us that many of the icons of the Democratic party were once pro-life: Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly
One of the best books I’ve ever read about abortion is Abortion and the Early Church by Michael J. Gorman. It turns out that, far from being a modern medical procedure, abortion was rampant in the ancient world. Especially in Rome. And Christians, as well
On the mall of our nation’s Capitol, where two days earlier over a million people gathered to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, pro-lifers will march today to commemorate and mourn the passage of Roe v. Wade, legalizing our national holocaust. Attend in your mind
I remembered something. . . .Back when this blog was at its old site, when it was still with WORLD, a full three years ago, I wrote this, in a post about how Tommy Thompson, for all of his accomplishments, didn’t have a chance at
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