An Alumna Speaks

1. A beautiful reflection by a NDU alumna, which should be required reading for the university administration, board of trustees and fellows. The last line of the piece is a knock-out blow.

2. Here's just about the best concise statement of the real "seamless garment" "consistent life ethic" I've seen in a long time. Amazing that it originally appeared in a rough-and-tumble combox exchange.

3. Hard to believe, but someone in the mainstream media is criticizing the idea that teenagers should be taking "emergency contraception" without a doctor's prescription. No doubt his press card will soon be pulled for his heresy.

4. If the Republicans abandon the pro-life voter, they really will go the way of the Whigs. They can't say they weren't warned.

5. Even the LA Times is permitting someone to stress the need for authentic religious protections if same-sex "marriage" laws are passed. In case anyone needs a reminder of why this is necessary, the President of Brazil is proposing to criminalize the making of statements "offensive to homosexuality", which would include disapproving of homosexual acts. Here's a detailed analysis of how the politics of denunciation by SSM advocates is corroding our political culture.

6. Doctors are being increasingly pressured into violating their Hippocratic Oath by placing an alleged "duty to society" (i.e., rationing health care) over the duty to the patient.

7. Men sometimes wonder if there are manly saints we can look to as role models and prayer patrons, aside from St. Joseph (he's awfully busy already, and I hate to bother him more than I do already). Just for the record, I have nothing against female saints or anything -- I love Joan of Arc. Well, here's two manly holy men -- St. Nuno Alvares Pereira, a great warrior of Portugal who was canonized last week, and Blessed Leo Zaisho Shichiemon, who was actually a samurai before his conversion. Cool.

8. A prostitute (well, she's actually a "porn star", but it's the same thing) is thinking of running for US Senate in Louisiana. No further comment is necessary.

9. Blogged over the weekend about the inconsistence in the President's words about torture and abortion, and about the vacancy on the Supreme Court.