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Persons Versus Whatever!
By Judie Brown Reading this title and recalling your child’s response to a loving admonition with the word “whatever!” gives you a sense of where I am going in this commentary. On the one hand, we have the facts, or in the case of parents, the rules, and on the other hand we have the Wild West. Or we could say, order versus chaos. No matter how you want to characterize respect for family life in...
Ode to Peanut
By Judie Brown The local squirrel donned his cowboy hat so adorable.But then the animal authorities took his life, so horrible!They feared Peanut might have rabies,And unlike so many preborn babies,This furry critter was mourned. In a nation that can focus on an...
When Freedom Is Deadly
By Judie Brown Freedom is defined as “the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action.” In its most literal sense, this definition suggests that not even the laws of God can impede the chosen actions of an individual. This would be the position...
Building a Culture of Pro-Life Nonviolence
By Judie Brown Peace for all preborn babies must begin with peace outside the womb. That’s why I thoroughly enjoyed reading Rebuilding Pro-Life Nonviolence, by John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe and Elise Ketch, for in the pages of this book we are reacquainted with the...
Mastering the Splendor of Truth
By Judie Brown Set aside the faith-shaming, the truth-fudging, and the fact-smearing and you are left with a simple, undeniable reality: There is splendor in truth. Sometimes it can be difficult to pick out, but if we strive to identify it, even in the most callous of...
You Are So Cruel!
By Judie Brown Kamala Harris tends to exaggerate, but she is also a bit out of her league when it comes to using the English language. For example, a recent ABC News article stated, “Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President...
Tales from the Pit
By Judie Brown The word “pit” in the title refers to the specific pit commonly known as hell—a place of excruciating, never-ending suffering for the souls of those who have rejected God. As Monsignor Charles Pope writes, The souls in hell may have refused to empty...