The empire strikes back

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“In the Womb” — One Look and Your Eyes Are Opened

The public discussion about the power of ultrasound and modern imaging technologies has revealed something fascinating -- the pro-abortion movement does not want us peering into the womb. The view inside the womb transforms the moral debate over abor ...

May 2, 2007

“The Fetus is Squirming, and So Are We”

William Saletan of Slate.com is among the best in the business when it comes to reporting on biomedical and ethical controversies. Saletan is not pro-life, but he is usually quite fair in representing pro-life arguments and motivations. Such is the ...

May 1, 2007

“There’s Not Much Lord in this Church Service”

The movement toward gender-neutral language for God has picked up steam in recent years, and liberal churches have been busy rewriting language for worship and theology. Just last year the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to "receive" a document that ...

April 27, 2007

The Bishop Condescends

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church USA visited Boston this week and while there granted a noteworthy interview to The Boston Globe. In the course of the interview, Bishop Jefferts Schori described her church's election ...

April 26, 2007

An Eloquent Pen Stilled — David Halberstam

"It's a wonderful privileged life, you know, being a book writer." David Halberstam said that to Brian Lamb of C-SPAN in 1993. Halberstam was a reporter and author of incredible ability and considerable insight. Even when I disagreed with his assessm ...

April 25, 2007

Turn Out the Lights as You Leave? Germany’s Church Crisis

The secularization of Europe is one of the most important developments of our times. Secularization is, to some extent, a phenomenon of modernity and a reality in most industrialized nations. Even in the United States, long described as the exception ...

April 24, 2007

Playing the Blame Game — Who Is to Blame for Blacksburg?

In the aftermath of disaster, a phenomenon called the "blame game" often soon rears its head. The impulse to assign moral responsibility is normal -- even healthy -- but the game often plays itself out in irrational ways. Just observe much of the me ...

April 20, 2007

“Laden With the Power to Devalue Human Life” — The Supreme Court Rules Again on Abortion

In an historic 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the government's right to ban the partial birth abortion procedure. The Court reversed the rulings of six lower courts that had struck down the ban. The measure had been passed by Congr ...

April 19, 2007

“The Dinner Party Test” — The Revenge of Moral Consciousness

The Independent [London] has published an amazing report indicating that Britain faces a "crisis" in the availability of abortion. It seems that "an unprecedented number of doctors are refusing to be involved in carrying out the procedure." As the p ...

April 18, 2007

On Faith — Facing the Reality of Evil

My article responding to the Virginia Tech tragedy is found at "On Faith," sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. An excerpt: The unspeakable evil of the killings at Virginia Tech bring us once again face to face with the reality o ...

April 17, 2007