He Said What?

1. It's rare that you see moral blindness in its pure form. Yet here's the 100% anti-life President addressing the National Prayer Breakfast an hour ago and saying this: "There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being. This much we know.” This poor man is going to suffer from serious cognitive dissonance at some point. Or perhaps he'll listen to himself, and the voice of God within, and have a conversion of heart.

2. Two follow-ups on that terrible misleading Catholic News Service story that downplayed the threats to conscience rights from FOCA. One that deconstructs the article, and another that deconstructs the disingenuous argument that FOCA won't harm current abortion laws or threaten conscience rights. If that CNS story appears in anyone's diocesan newspaper, a rapid response is necessary. I blogged about this the other day and I give everyone permission to plagiarize my comments.

3. If personnel is policy, then Administration policy is likely to be depraved. A newly appointed Deputy Attorney General has in the past represented pornographers and opposed protecting children from porn in libraries. Even worse, in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court, he denied the existence of post-abortion syndrome, saying abortion “rarely causes or exacerbates psychological or emotional problems.” Is this how the new Administration reaches across the aisle to pro-life/pro-family people? Let's hope the Senate does not give its consent to this nominee.

4. Outstanding review by Kathryn Jean Lopez of the effect of contraception on our society. This should be required reading in all schools and seminaries.

5. Okay, guys, start checking out her jawline. Our friends over in the UK (what's in the water over there?) have studied the subject and have found that women with strong jaws are more likely to be unfaithful. On the other hand, something about her navel can tell us how fertile she is. I wonder how we can incorporate these important discoveries into our Pre-Cana classes?

6. Now they get it -- Congress is considering cutting the beer tax as part of the economic "stimulus" package. Prost!