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"What we have here, is a failure to communicate."

Posted on December 14, 2009
Or, what we have here may be a failure to communicate. (Apologies to Cool Hand Luke.) Robby's reference, in his post immediately below, to "the questions I [i.e., Robby George] have raised" worries me. In my book, I address, inter...

To Dear Michael from Dear Robby

Posted on December 13, 2009
Dear Michael: You are quite wrong. I was being completely serious. If I'm being obtuse, I'm sorry, but I did not get your point and still don't get it. That's why I asked my questions. I'm perfectly willing to believe...

Further comments on contraceptives and the environment

Posted on December 12, 2009
Steve, I don't think that suggesting that the availability of contraceptives undermines the environment for women is just a play on words. Women here are being asked by Goodman to pollute their own bodies in order to save the planet....

A Response to Michael

Posted on December 12, 2009
I th I thank Michael for his response. (1) (1) To suggest that the availability of contraceptives undermines the environment for women is just a play on words. It has nothing to do with the depletion of the world?s resources...

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Contraceptives and the Environment: A reply to Steve

Posted on December 12, 2009
Some questions and comments regarding Steve's post linking Ellen Goodman's column on fertility rate, access to contraceptive information, and the environment. Steve says: "Of course, Church leaders will think these considerations [protecting the environment] do not bear on the moral...

Contraceptives and the Environment

Posted on December 12, 2009
Ellen Goodman had some interesting remarks about the environment and contraceptives in her Friday column:http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/11/the_human_factor_is_missing_in_copenhagen/ Among other things, she said: ?It turns out that every society that offers a range of contraceptive options and information to women has a fertility...

Not only in Ireland, please God, but here on the western side of the pond too!

Posted on December 12, 2009
"The quantity and quality of bishops in Ireland", here. "Time for the [Irish] faithful to choose our own bishops", here.

Something to keep more than an eye on...

Posted on December 12, 2009
First of all, first things first: a blessed feast of Guadalupe to one and all! Two days ago, Michael Perry brought to our attention developments within the European Union concerning the Irish laws dealing with and restricting abortion, and from...

A Proposed Neutrality-Guaranteeing Addition to Stupak/Nelson, with Thanks

Posted on December 11, 2009
Many thanks to Rick for his thoughtful reflections on abortion-neutrality in the matter of health insurance reform legislation. Rick is quite right that my sympathies are in keeping with his concerning whether abortion-neutrality ought be considered an 'end-game...

Abortion "neutrality" and healthcare-funding legislation

Posted on December 11, 2009
In recent posts here on MOJ, one question that has been discussed is whether the Stupak & Nelson amendments are "abortion neutral." Putting aside (for now) interesting conversations we could have about what, exactly, it means for a particular piece...

Notre Dame Task Force on Latinos and Catholic Schools: "To Nurture the Soul of a Nation"

Posted on December 11, 2009
MOJ readers might remember that, a few years ago, Notre Dame's President, Fr. John Jenkins, commissioned a Task Force to study and respond to some of the challenges facing Catholic schools. That group produced a report called ?Making God Known,...

Thanks to Mark Sticherz & John Breen, with One Caveat

Posted on December 11, 2009
Many thanks to John Breen for posting Mark Stricherz's reply to my defenses of Senator Casey. It is gratifying to have agreement on the fundamental proposition that Senator Casey's motives did not deserve to be impugned. I do wish to...

Uganda (with thanks to Michael P.)

Posted on December 11, 2009
Readers of MoJ know that Michael Perry and I don't always see eye to eye, especially on matters of sexual morality. However, a couple of weeks ago Michael brought to our attention a piece of legislation now pending in Uganda...

Profiles in the Reality of Courage: Stricherz Responds to Hockett

Posted on December 11, 2009
The following is MOJ friend Mark Stricherz's reply to Bob Hockett's posts on Senator Casey: In his defense of Senator Casey, Professor Hockett makes a few good points. My post for TrueSlant should have commended the Senator for voting for...

New Haven Declaration

Posted on December 11, 2009
Good morning, All, Earlier this week, I mentioned that I'd been away last week, to give a paper at Yale for an interesting conference hosted by Thomas Pogge of Yale's Philosophy Department. I might have failed to mention how very...

Religion and Politics: Legitimate and illegitimate reasons for political action

Posted on December 11, 2009
Sorry, Michael, but I don't see what your point is. Perhaps I'm being obtuse. We've got a country full of all types of people, and they have differing views on all sorts of morally-charged political issues, including the issue of...

Only in America: Sarah Palin on "The Tonight Show"

Posted on December 11, 2009
Or should I say: Sarah Palin "pallin' around" on The Tonight Show? Watch it, here.

The Colson / R. George / T. George letter to Ugandan Christians

Posted on December 11, 2009
Thanks very much, Robby. (Am I correct, Robby, that whereas your mentor John Finnis is "in principle" opposed to the criminalization of same-sex sexual conduct, you are not? Does the amicus brief that you and Gerry Bradley--if memory serves--co-authored in...

Dear Robby, Dear Robby, ...

Posted on December 11, 2009
Let me hasten to add: I begin that way in the spirit of John Prine?s wonderful ?Dear Abby, Dear Abby??with which I hope Robby, given his admirable musical tastes, is happily familiar. No one has ever called me Mikey, and...

In Defense of Senator Casey

Posted on December 10, 2009
Good Morning, All, I'd like to thank John Breen for linking to Mark Stricherz's recent post on Senator Casey. I must disagree, however, with the characterization of this post as 'thoughtful.' With all respect to Mr. Stricherz, I think his...

Obama's Nobel Address: Herein of "Just War"

Posted on December 10, 2009
The text of the address is here.

"The Theological Book of the Decade" . . .

Posted on December 10, 2009
. . . is David Bentley Hart's "The Beauty of the Infinite."Mathew Milliner makes the case, at First Things, here.

Mighty Casey's Son Strikes Out?

Posted on December 10, 2009
Friend of MOJ Mark Stricherz recently provided a very thoughtful post on Senator Bob Casey's lack of courage with respect to federal funding of abortion in the Senate version of the health care bill. You can find Mark's post here...

In Further Defense of Senator Casey

Posted on December 10, 2009
Sorry, friends, I do not seem to be able to get myself as exercised about the meaning of the word 'attack' as John Breen does, but I nevertheless stand by my characterization of the blog post targeting Senator Casey as...

Conscience and the Common Good

Posted on December 10, 2009
This holiday season, if you've been tossing and turning all night, wondering what to buy for that friend or relative who has a strange fascination with the liberty of conscience, wonder no more.

Please "Attack" Sparingly

Posted on December 10, 2009
Thanks to Bob Hockett for responding to my post linking to Mark Stricherz's commentary on Bob Casey's apparent lack of courage with respect to resisting the federal funding of abortions in the proposed health care reform bill. Mark is more...

Something to keep an eye on

Posted on December 10, 2009
Irish abortion ban up before European human-rights court Lawyers and activists argue an abortion ban in Ireland challenged by three women in the European court of human rights violates several articles of the Council of Europe's convention on human rights...

An addendum to my "religion in politics" post yesterday

Posted on December 10, 2009
I mentioned my home state of Georgia in my post yesterday. But one may fairly wonder whether even in New Jersey, wherein are located the green pastures of Princeton University (apologies to Robert Zimmerman), the determinative argument for refusing to...

Bart Stupak, pro-life Democrat, defends his amendment ...

Posted on December 09, 2009
... in an op-ed in today's New York Times, here. In the Senate: "Besides Mr. [Ben] Nelson, the Democrats who voted for the ban on abortion coverage [which was defeated] were Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania,...

Is this really what government ought to be meddling in?

Posted on December 09, 2009
From ESPN's website: Federal legislation that could lead to a college football playoff tournament will move a step closer to reality on Wednesday in a hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade,...

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