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Pro-Life Happytalk and Not so Happytalk

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Bob

Here is a recent letter by Dr. Peter Kreeft about his personal contribution to the pro-life cause. It’s unsettling because, as much as he has done, he sees his contribution as falling short of what he should have done. But … Continue reading →

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The Sinner, Dr. Indifference and the Thin Man

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Bob

Since I live in Massachusetts, it’s my privilege to encounter “pro-life” Catholics. That is, they’re in full agreement with the Church’s teaching that abortion is a terrible evil, but they can’t see forcing their morality upon others. Of course, Dr. … Continue reading →

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Is this the end of the nation?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Bob

A friend writes, Robert, what happened in NY is the end of the nation, isn’t it? I am forecasting that the tax system as well as business will collapse under a new avenue for people to abuse marriage laws. How … Continue reading →

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Free Speech and Freedom

Posted on February 7, 2005 by Bob

I’m not a free speech absolutist. I don’t believe that every form of censorship is necessarily wrong. It’s reasonable position on the conservative side. For example (please forgive me), Jonah Goldberg has beat up on free speech absolutists several times … Continue reading →

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Is racism worse than abortion?

Posted on October 28, 2004 by Bob

I have clear memories of history classes in middle school when the discussion of WWII Germany came up (for me, in the mid ’70s). The question invariably came up, “how could the German people allow such monsters to gain power?” … Continue reading →

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I’m so disappointed

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Bob

I left the following in Mark Shea’s comment box for this blog entry. I’m sure his Imperial Highness will not be pleased: I am not at all convinced that Kerry would do anything much different from Bush on Iraq (his … Continue reading →

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Creeds and Ideologies

Posted on October 3, 2004 by Bob

Chesterton always has an appropriate quote. His words seem timeless. This reminds me how the Left and Right speak past each other: In short, the rational human faith must armor itself with prejudice in an age of prejudices, just as … Continue reading →

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No Laughing Matter

Posted on September 15, 2004 by Bob

I found this interesting tidbit in Jay Leno’s interview by LA Weekly: “I’m not a conservative!!” The current crew in the White House doesn’t seem to laugh much at themselves. The interesting thing is, I have found that the Republicans … Continue reading →

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Keeping Score

Posted on April 16, 2004 by Bob

Re:Democrats devise Catholic scorecard My objection to the modern liberal mindset is that it seems to believe that support for abortion can be balanced off by a cornucopia of social programs. Hence, the scorecard. For the sake of this argument, … Continue reading →

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Now you’ve done it, Ollie

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Bob

I left the following in Mark Shea’s comment box, that should anyone come across it, it will probably generate heat. But I can’t be sure of that, since that blog entry is almost 24 hours old (ohmygosh! it’s stale!). The … Continue reading →

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