Pro-life, or Anti-Abortion?

This is a reprint of my very first column.  Although it appeared in late 2001, I had actually written it over two years before, as one of three sample columns which were rejected by the then-editor of the East Tennessee Catholic.  What does it mean to have a “consistent life ethic?” You may remember that as [...]

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What Is a Baby?

Twenty-eight years ago today–and I remember well my horror at the time, the parents of a child known forever as Baby Doe apparently decided that he was not a human being deserving of love and care when they allowed him to starve rather than correct a minor defect.  Baby Doe was the victim of the [...]

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What’s in a Name?

The following is a reprint of a column that ran in the East Tennessee Catholic newspaper on August 11, 2002.  It explains the name of my former column, which is now the name of this blog. Names are important. Think of the time we spend choosing the names we give our children, the hours poring [...]

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