Yuval Levin, writing for National Review, says Obama's Notre Dame speech gives cause for long-term optimism on the pro-life front. Levin writes: Although it was certainly not his intention, the president’s remarks point to the profound and growing weakness of the case for America’s radical abortion laws.(HT: JT) However, we do occasionally see a more crass argument, like with Bonnie Erb's US News and World Report piece which argued that, given the recession, abortions are not tragic. Also, this is the first time Obama's discussed abortion since the election (notes CT). Could it be that he … [Read more...] about Reaction to Obama’s Notre Dame Address
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Notre Dame Students Respond
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At the Gates of Notre Dame
If you are looking for the definitive article on the Catholic Church's struggle and divide on the abortion issue, as exhibited in sharp relief by the decision of Notre Dame to grant an honorary law degree to President Obama this weekend, this lengthy essay by Joseph Bottum, published in First Things, is it. An excerpt: ...Abortion is not the only life issue, but it is the one that bears most directly on the lives of ordinary Catholics as they fight against the current to preserve family life. And until Catholic universities get it, they will not be Catholic—in a very real, existentially … [Read more...] about At the Gates of Notre Dame
Sweden Upholds Sex-Based Abortion
Amanda Carpenter, writing for the Washington Times: Swedish women will be permitted to abort their children based on the sex of the fetus, according to a ruling by Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare. Read the whole thing. … [Read more...] about Sweden Upholds Sex-Based Abortion
Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem
There are times when the title of a book is so immediately gripping that one must immediately buy it. This is such a case. Is it not the case that capitalism is increasingly under scrutiny (and even disrepute) in our day? Capitalism, we're told, is fundamentally based on greed. It's mean. It's the process whereby the strong prey on the weak. I'll never forget (now President) Barack Obama sometime this summer decrying the record profits of the oil companies. Citing the large profit figure, he cried out (absurdly), "That's your money!" Really? How can it be my money when they have it? I … [Read more...] about Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem
John Piper’s Response to President Obama on Abortion
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