More Anti-Life Appointments

1. Personnel is policy, yet again. The 100% anti-life President-elect will appoint Dawn Johnsen, a former legal director for NARAL, to a key position in the Justice Department. The tragic irony is that she bitterly denounced the Bush Administration's torture policies and called for public outrage, yet she openly advocates for the torture and murder of the unborn and personally benefits from those crimes against humanity, and expects plaudits.

2. Pro-life leaders assess the policies of the outgoing Bush Administration. In my opinion, we are seeing the departure of the most pro-life Administration since 1973, only to be replaced by the most anti-life Administration we may ever see.

3. Our laws on abortion continue to be at odds with public opinion. In yet another survey, this time commissioned by the USCCB, 82% would outlaw or limit abortion, and only 9% believe that the law should be as it currently is (i.e., legal through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason whatsoever). At times like these, we need to re-read the Declaration of Independence, and remind people of our right and duty to alter our Government and its laws when it becomes abusive of inalienable rights.

4. Working with this public opinion to change the culture from the grassroots is a crucial part of the pro-life movement, as reflected in this piece from Our Sunday Visitor.

5. The odious Al Franken appears to have won the dubious recount for the Minnesota US Senate seat. I have very, very, very, very low expectations for politicians, but it's really rare for a high office to be held by such a vulgar and reprehensible person, who is an anti-Catholic to boot. Ugh.

6. Okay, go figure. Some folks in Greece have revived the worship of the ancient "gods". I can see Dionysus being attractive to the hedonist in us all, but Zeus? I recall Chesterton saying that "The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything."