Interview from our Dreams

1. This is hilarious, and very, very well done. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, uses his column to conduct an imaginary interview with the President. If only the good bishop could get ten minutes to do the real thing. Perfect, absolutely perfect.

2. I'm shocked, shocked that manufacturers of hormonal contraceptives lie about their drugs. Even the FDA has sat up and taken notice. Now if only they could force them to admit to the connection with breast cancer, abortion, infertility, etc.

3. All the follow-up stories to the California octoplets serve as a reminder that the assisted reproductive industry in the United States is virtually unregulated (unlike its counterpart in Europe), and is in serious need of some oversight by public health authorities to prevent abuses and exploitation of women. This is a very lucrative business, and they have been very successful in resisting efforts to regulate them. It's the Wild West, with lives at stake.

4. Fascinating essay on the strange attitudes in Western society about food and sex -- basically that we're becoming mindful about food but mindless about sex. Fertile ground for the theology of the body to take root.

5. Where there's life, there's hope -- here's a lovely story about how the movie Bella has brought hope to many, including mothers who've decided to keep their babies after seeing the movie.

6. Very nice piece about the power of marital love in the face of cancer, from the Times. A bit too much information at points, but well worth reading as a tribute to "in sickness and in health…".

7. Yesterday was Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday. I'm posting today at my ArchNY blog on his legacy for the pro-life movement. Perhaps a re-read of the Gettysburg Address is in order as well.