Pro-Life Outside The Mainstream

Good article on how the pro-life movement is bigger and broader than the media and political focus group stereotypes: The group most important to contradicting mainstream presumption, in my view, are pro-life Democrats. The progressive liberalism dominating the Democratic Party, which includes a rigid litmus test for being “pro-choice,” is a formidable challenge for the… Continue reading Pro-Life Outside The Mainstream

Obama: “…might have violated that pledge.”

Quoth President “Let me be clear” Obama: The last thing I will say, though — let me say this about health care and the health care debate, because I think it also bears on a whole lot of other issues. If you look at the package that we’ve presented — and there’s some stray cats… Continue reading Obama: “…might have violated that pledge.”

For the feast day of St Thomas Aquinas

Three quotations from the Angelic Doctor: “Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ” “Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. ” “Sorrow can be alleviated by… Continue reading For the feast day of St Thomas Aquinas

“Biography for Beginners”

Nifty! You can read this ground-breaking book online here, complete with the original illustrations by G.K. Chesterton.

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The Most Feared Punctuation on Earth

Afraid of using semicolons? Today’s your lucky day; Joe Carter at First Things links to a memorable guide. (For myself, I might have forgotten a great deal of Ecology 402, but I’ve never forgotten dear Dr. W’s comment on my final paper: “I applaud your correct use of the semicolon.”)