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The Morally Unconscious
By Judie Brown Recently a brilliant article appeared in the New Oxford Review. Entitled “Engaging the Morally Unconscious Person,” author Christopher M. Reilly delved into the quicksand created by those who refuse to acknowledge the inherent value in looking deeper into the meaning of what it means to be a human being. In the process, he challenged those of us who fight for life to avoid...
The Bishops and Palliative Care
The statement is probably long overdue, though it’s clear the Church has never condoned direct killing for any reason.
Access Denied!
[Twelve]-year-old Alice Saunders was recently denied a plane ticket by British Airways staff because she has Down syndrome.
The Economy of Sex
When I read the latest report on what the Washington Times termed the “economy of sex,” I wasn’t really expecting to read an analysis of the very thing Pope Paul VI warned about way back in 1968!
Loving Our Enemies to Life!
There are times when a Scripture reading sort of smacks me upside my head, and that happened a couple of days ago.
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.