More on the South Bend Fiasco

1. Bishop John D'Arcy of South Bend-Fort Wayne is expected to release a statement today about the situation at King Herod University, er, I mean Notre Dame. It wasn't out by the time I emailed this, so keep an eye on his website.

2. Meanwhile, the Cardinal Newman Society petition has over 55,000 signatures as of this morning. The elite cognoscenti (e.g., the leadership at ND) just don't seem to understand the level of grassroots anger over the President's anti-life policies, as evidenced by the ND president's position.

3. National Review Online has a symposium on the Notre Dame affair, including such heavyweights as George Weigel, Rev. George Rutler, and many more. My favorite line is Fr. Rutler's suggestion that ND award Judas Iscariot a postumous doctorate in business administration.

4. More reaction at First Things, and a debunking of the official response by the ND president here and here.

5. Has Peter Singer been visiting Texas? You remember Singer, the philosopher who defends the idea of killing newborns because they lack consciousness and are thus not persons? Well, a Texas legislator wants us to go down that road, introducing a bill that would reduce the murder of a baby less than one year old to the lesser crime of "infanticide" if the mother committed the crime out of post-partum depression. Since the legislator is a Democrat in a Republican-controlled house, it's unlikely to pass, but this is a dangerous devaluation of human life.

6. "Constitution? Who needs the stinking Constitution? The heck with the separation of powers. I know better." Thus spake a federal judge here in New York, who took it upon himself to modify the FDA's requirement for a doctor's prescription for "emergency contraception" for 17-year olds because, well, he just knows better than the FDA. The Administration will go in the tank for this ruling, and won't appeal.

7. Our deplorable Sen. Charles Schumer has taken a moment out from mugging for the television cameras to announce that he has suddenly had a revelation that "marriage" actually means two people of the same sex. Thanks, Chuck.

8. A cautionary tale of the removal from public life -- and persecution -- of Christianity in the UK. It could happen here.

9. For once, a positive scientific study (although it still does little more than confirm what we already know). The scientists now find that romantic love can endure in long-term relationships. I could have told them that -- next week is our 24th anniversary and I'm still madly in love with my wife.

10. Blogged yesterday on the Notre Dame fiasco. Check it out.