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Philpott on "The Stillborn God"

Posted on January 23, 2008
My friend Dan Philpott (Political Science, Notre Dame) has this review, over at The Immanent Frame (a really good blog), of Mark Lilla's, The Stillborn God. Here's a bit: The idea of modern liberalism depends decisively on a jettisoning of...

Promoting the Sanctity of Life and the Legacy of Dr. King

Posted on January 22, 2008
As we remember the life and prophetic witness for racial equality of Dr. Martin Luther King, and as we listen to the recent arguments in the presidential campaign about the role of Dr. King, it may be serendipitous that the...

Frances and Kate?35 Years Later

Posted on January 22, 2008
Today?s Los Angeles Times has a fascinating op-ed essay by Frances Kissling and Kate Michelman, emeritae respectively of their former posts as Presidents of Catholics for a Free Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice America. The title of their opinion piece, published...

Judging Decisions Not to Abort

Posted on January 22, 2008
I haven't read the book discussed at Vox Nova, to which Rick refers in his post, but have certainly read of, and am troubled by, the expectation on the part of some medical personnel and others that a women who...

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Abortions and Safety Nets

Posted on January 22, 2008
The reduction in abortions that was reported by the Guttmacher Institute, and Rick's and Eduardo's posts on it, bring me back to the question whether a strengthened social safety net on matters relating to pregnancy, child care and raising, etc.,...

"Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics"

Posted on January 22, 2008
More at Vox Nova. Check it out.

A Debate About the Morality of Abortion

Posted on January 22, 2008
[This from the Catholic News Agency, 1/22/08:] Professors? abortion debate attracts hundreds at University of Colorado Boulder, CO, Jan 22, 2008 / 03:11 am (CNA).- A Catholic-sponsored debate about the ethics of abortion packed hundreds into an auditorium on the...

"Multitudes" lost

Posted on January 22, 2008
This striking graphic conveys, powerfully, what (or rather, who) has been lost since Roe v. Wade. (Be sure to scroll down to the end, and to click on the last blue dot.)

On this day in history . . .

Posted on January 22, 2008
Ed Whelan recalls: For the second time in American history, the Supreme Court denies American citizens the authority to protect the basic rights of an entire class of human beings. In Roe v. Wade?the Dred Scott ruling of our age?Justice...

Professor George on the Roe anniversary

Posted on January 21, 2008
Here: The legal problem with Roe v. Wade is simple: The Supreme Court's decision to invalidate state laws prohibiting or restricting abortion lacks any basis in the text, logic, structure, or original understanding of the Constitution of the United States...

Pope Benedict's planned speech at La Sapienza University

Posted on January 21, 2008
Pope Benedict was scheduled to deliver a speech at La Sapienza University in Rome at the beginning of the academic year. In the face of a planned protest, the Vatican cancelled the speech because of a lack of the "prerequisites...

UNJUST WAR

Posted on January 21, 2008
Sightings 1/21/08 Unjust War -- Martin E. Marty A Stupid, Unjust, and Criminal War: Iraq 2001-2007 by priest, sociologist, novelist, and columnist Andrew Greeley is a collection of 121 columns dating back to 2001, in their original form. As the...

Interesting Subject Matter

Posted on January 21, 2008
The Catholic Scare: How Anti-Catholic Prejudice Shaped Brown v. Board GLENNA GOLDIS New York University School of Law January 11, 2008 Abstract: This essay examines supreme court justice Hugo L. Black and his times, focusing on the evolving relationship between...

He Had a Dream

Posted on January 21, 2008
Today is the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who preached that "we must all learn to live together as brothers or we shall perish together as fools." If you get a chance sometime during the day,...

Living the Campus Life to the Fullest

Posted on January 21, 2008
The December issue of Traces also has an excellent interview with MOJ alum and Notre Dame law professor Paolo Carozza. The December issue is not yet available on line, so I will give you just one snippet: Carozza: "To work...

What's Left of 1968

Posted on January 21, 2008
In an article entitled ?What?s Left of 1968? in the December 2007 issue of Traces, Lorenzo Albacete writes: ?? Two happenings not on the typical list of 1968 events quietly revealed what was to come in the following years up...

Hey China! Ban us!

Posted on January 20, 2008
Jack Balkin reports that the new Great Wall of China -- i.e., its Internet-filtering systems -- is not blocking Mirror of Justice. Why the heck not, I wonder? Are we doing something wrong? Note to the PRC: We are subversive!...

Were you even born?

Posted on January 20, 2008
I would like to thank the Michaels, Perry and Scaperlanda, for providing the catalyst for this contribution. I am further grateful to Michael S. for his thoughtful post which contained a portion of Archbishop Chaput?s letter On Human Life. Here...

Humanae Vitae at 40

Posted on January 20, 2008
Michael P. reminds us that this year we observe the 40th anniversary of Paul VI?s encyclical Humanae Vitae. This encyclical reaffirmed the Catholic Church?s teaching that the unitive and procreative elements of sexual intercourse between husband and wife can not...

Change of Attitude Toward Abortion

Posted on January 20, 2008
Here is a excerpt of a piece by Steve Chapman in today's Chicago Tribune on the decline in abortions. "Laws often alter attitudes, inducing people to accept things -- such as racial integration -- they once rejected. But sometimes, attitudes...

How Old Were You Forty Years Ago?

Posted on January 19, 2008
Were you even born? The Tablet January 5, 2008 Humanae Vitae 40 years on Elena Curti The headline ?Pope bans Pill? reverberated around the world when Humanae Vitae was published on 29 July 1968. Forty years on, Paul VI?s teaching...

Gerson's question

Posted on January 19, 2008
In his anti-Thompson op-ed, to which Michael linked here, Michael Gerson asked: Should we increase the amount of money devoted to our generous cancer research efforts at the expense of African lives that can be saved for about $90 a...

Barack Obama, Christian

Posted on January 19, 2008
Here is a "top ten list"-style collection of the various reasons Sen. Barack Obama -- who describes here, in his "Call to Renewal" address, the importance to him of his Christian faith -- has given for his vote against the...

What Should a Faithful Catholic Have Done?

Posted on January 19, 2008
New York Times January 19, 2008 Lawyer Reveals Secret, Toppling Death Sentence By ADAM LIPTAK For 10 years, Leslie P. Smith, a Virginia lawyer, reluctantly kept a secret because the authorities on legal ethics told him he had no choice,...

New Abortion Numbers

Posted on January 18, 2008
I'm responding to Rick's post about the new Guttmacher numbers, which I'm sure we all agree are welcome. Apropos of our discussion before the new year about the connection between morality and legality, the LA Times (via Kevin Drum) had...

Gerry Bradley Makes a Pro-Life Case for John McCain ...

Posted on January 18, 2008
Here.

Fred Thompson, Christian

Posted on January 18, 2008
[From The Opinionator, New York Times online:] January 18, 2008, 10:00 am The Gospel of Fred By Chris Suellentrop Render unto Caesar what is Caesar?s: Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, in his Washington Post column, says that Fred Thompson lacks...

"Save Catholic Schools" (!!!)

Posted on January 18, 2008
This essay is going on a year old, but I re-read it recently, and hope others will, too. For 150 years, America?s Catholic schools have helped turn millions of disadvantaged children into responsible, productive citizens, thereby contributing mightily to the...

Abortion numbers

Posted on January 18, 2008
Any thoughts on this news? The most comprehensive study in years of abortion in America underscores a striking change in the landscape, with ever-fewer pregnant women choosing abortion and those who do increasingly opting to avoid surgical clinics. The number...

Skeel (Again) on Christian Legal Scholarship

Posted on January 18, 2008
Penn law prof David Skeel's earlier paper, The Unbearable Lightness of Christian Legal Scholarship, provoked some sharp critiques for claiming that "the scope of Christian legal scholarship is shockingly narrow." He has posted a new paper, The Paths of Christian...

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