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The Christian Response to the Ravages of War
By Judie Brown Recent events occurring on foreign shores have had a profound effect on the news media—people too often given to exaggeration and erroneous statements. It is sometimes challenging to discern fact from fiction, even when those reporting a story have the best of intentions. This is a situation that reminds us of the wisdom often attributed to philosopher Edmund Burke: “The only...
The US Economy–Bullishness Based on Babies
It seems a bit counter-intuitive to discuss reasons to be optimistic about the US economy. Every day we hear reasons to fear the worst—high unemployment figures, two costly wars and, of course, that mind-boggling amount of debt.
To Clone or Not to Clone: Take a Poll?
Sometimes Gallup polls strike me the wrong way. One of the most recent, entitled “Cloning Still Unpopular: Gallup Poll” falls into that category.
Planned Parenthood and the ‘Homo Sapiens Parasite Problem’
Yesterday, I heard the most terrifying words come out of the mouth of a young woman who, on a video, was describing her chosen brand of contraception. She said by subjecting herself to this contraception she would avoid the “Homo sapiens parasite problem.”
The 97 Percent Fight
There are a number of hot battles going on in Washington, DC and across the country this year. We have budgets with deficits, raising the national debt limit.
Baby Steps to Truth
Encouragement comes about in all sorts of ways, the traditional and the nontraditional—including postings on Facebook pages, videos on YouTube and through many other venues that just a few short years ago were unheard of. Imagine, for example, “tweeting” a friendly greeting ten years ago. Nobody would have known what you were talking about.
Other View: Use Telemed to Save Lives, Not Take Them
In May 2010, Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards visited Cedar Rapids to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa.