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2011

Vital Organ Donation I

You’ve probably seen TV commercials, billboards, and magazine articles encouraging you to give the “gift of life” through vital organ donation.

Philadelphia 1787

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Aborting Honesty with Factoids

Norman Mailer, the author to whom the creation of the word factoid is credited, explained that factoids are “facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority.”

Notre Dame’s Fixation on Dissent

Every time I see a headline that contains the words “Notre Dame” I wince. I remember that awful experience two years ago involving President Obama, an honorary degree and a commencement address.

32 Infant Deaths Since 2000

Cribs with a side rail that moves up and down so parents can lift children from them more easily [have been] banned under legislation aimed at reducing infant deaths.